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Autumn 2018: Fabian Review

This edition of the Fabian Review focuses on what a radical Labour party in government could do to ensure its success with Angela Eagle, Faiza Shaheen and Paul Mason plus Emma Burnell talks to Jon Trickett.

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This edition of the Fabian Review focusses on what a radical Labour party in government could do to ensure its success with Angela Eagle, Faiza Shaheen and Paul Mason plus Emma Burnell talks to Jon Trickett.

Also in this issue: Claire McCarthy on public ownership, Matthew Taylor on transitioning to power, and Miatta Fahnbulleh & Alfie Stirling on the economic alternative.

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Opinion

Common sense

13 November 2018

EMMA BURNELL: Confident Labour ministers can bring people with them.

Continue reading Labour party
Opinion

Time for a plan

6 November 2018

KEVIN COURTNEY: Building a new education system demands vision and courage.

Continue reading Education / Labour party
Opinion

Fit for Purpose

31 October 2018

ROY KENNEDY: Electoral law needs to change to keep up with technology.

Continue reading Democracy / Technology
Insight

Turning the tables

29 October 2018

FAIZA SHAHEEN: Injustice in our labour market is home-grown and can be fixed if we give workers power.

Continue reading Economy / Employment / Inequality / Work
Book review

Connecting the dots

25 October 2018

SARAH SACKMAN: Danny Dorling brings a geographer’s eye to the study of inequality but is never overly wonky.

Continue reading Class / Inequality
Insight

Ownership matters

22 October 2018

CLAIRE MCCARTHY: Scaling up cooperatives is radical, practical and achievable.

Continue reading Business / Economy
Opinion

Remaining radical in power

9 October 2018

PAUL MASON: Inertia, inexperience and insularity are the enemy of radical government. Here are 10 suggestions for delivering change in power.

Continue reading Elections / Labour party
Insight

The economic alternative

2 October 2018

MIATTA FAHNBULLEH AND ALFIE STIRLING: A decade has been wasted since the banking crisis, but economic change may finally be coming.

Continue reading Economy / Inequality / Labour party
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The rebel insider

1 October 2018

The shadow cabinet office minister has a low public profile but is at the heart of the Corbyn project. Jon Trickett tells Emma Burnell about Labour’s preparations for power.

Continue reading Elections / Labour party
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Prioritise and prepare

28 September 2018

BRONWEN MADDOX: How a radical Labour government can work with the machinery of government and why it shouldn’t fear “Sir Humphrey”

Continue reading Elections / Facing the Future / Labour party

Emma Burnell

Emma Burnell is the Director of Political Human and Co-editor of Open Labour.

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Vanesha Singh

Vanesha Singh is a former assistant editor at the Fabian Society.

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