- Autumn 2020
- Kate Murray , Vanesha Singh
- 15 October 2020
- Labour party , Women , Education , Inequality , Elections
This edition of the Fabian Review has a message from the Labour leader, Keir Starmer MP, on fighting for a better future. Faiza Shaheen, Fahmida Rahman and Meredith Whitten put forward their demands for combatting structural inequality. Plus, Vanesha Singh talks to shadow equalities minister Marsha de Cordova MP about the party’s response to Black Lives Matter.
Also in this issue: Global perspectives special with Michael Jennings and Elora Halim Chowdhury; Jackie Baillie MSP on Labour’s prospects in the forthcoming Scottish elections; Gordon Marsden discusses the crisis in education.
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Western deceptions
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MICHAEL JENNINGS: Global health is deeply embedded in colonialism.
Continue reading International relations / Health
The precarity of pre-existing conditions
14 December 2020
Looking back over lockdown in the United States and Bangladesh, Elora Halim Chowdhury makes the case for a transnational feminism that emphasises our interconnectedness and interdependence.
Continue reading Women / International relations / Inequality / Health
Breathing space
11 December 2020
MEREDITH WHITTEN: The pandemic has shown just how vital parks and green spaces are for our wellbeing. Yet we are not sharing them fairly.
Continue reading Environment / Inequality / Housing / Health
Turning the tables
10 December 2020
FAHMIDA RAHMAN: A new policy agenda which focuses on housing and employment can tackle decades of identity-based inequality.
Continue reading Race / Inequality / Housing / Education
Remaking the system
9 December 2020
FAIZA SHAHEEN: Reforming our democracy is a top priority in the fight against inequality.
Continue reading Democracy / Inequality
Road to recovery
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JACKIE BAILLIE MSP: Scottish Labour has a mountain to climb in next year’s elections but its values still chime with voters.
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Can Labour win?
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PAUL RICHARDS: Keir Starmer should take a leaf out of Tony Crosland’s book by building a Labour programme fit for the future.
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A long trail
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Work to do
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Continue reading Race / Inequality / Disability
A better future
16 October 2020
KEIR STARMER MP: Labour must set out its vision to right the injustices the pandemic has laid bare.
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