- Summer 2019
- Kate Murray , Vanesha Singh
- 8 July 2019
- Changing Work Centre , Class , Disability , Environment , Labour party , Work
This edition of the Fabian Review explores ideas on greening Labour with contributions from Ed Miliband MP, Sue Hayman MP, and Nadia Whittome plus Kate Murray talks to Yvette Cooper MP.
Also in this issue: Harriet Harman MP on the detention of young people with learning disabilities, Dan Carden MP on putting justice, solidarity and fairness into practice, and Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP calls for youth policy to be taken more seriously.
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Our founding feminists
6 September 2019
JANA SMITH ELFORD: The pioneering efforts of several early female Fabians have too often been written out of history.
Continue reading HistoryModern hinterlands
5 September 2019
PENNY ANDREWS: Whether they like gardening, sport or jam-making, politicians should be recognised for the real people they are.
Continue reading DemocracyHappily ever after
2 September 2019
CHLOE COMBI: Is good politics just about helping people to become successful and resilient? Or is there more to life than that? Why are we getting happiness so wrong?
Continue reading Culture / Health / WelfareFor the common good
29 August 2019
LUKE JOHN DAVIES: Labour needs a new philosophy to guide it – and an approach with its roots in the thinking of Robert Owen, Clement Attlee and Martin Luther King could offer just that.
Continue reading History / Labour partyTime to act
22 August 2019
HARRIET HARMAN MP: The detention of young people with autism and learning disabilities is a national scandal.
Continue reading Class / Disability / Inequality / Labour partyTragic consequences
20 August 2019
SIMON DUFFY: Frances Ryan draws much-needed attention to the human costs of austerity.
Continue reading Class / Disability / Human rights / Inequality / Social securityCuts and closures
19 August 2019
LLOYD RUSSELL-MOYLE MP: The crisis in youth policy must be taken seriously.
Continue reading Inequality / Labour partySecularism's last stand
15 August 2019
CHAITANYA KUMAR: We cannot turn a blind eye to rising intolerance in India.
Continue reading Class / Democracy / Foreign policy / Human rights / Inequality / International relationsPeople, not profit
7 August 2019
DAN CARDEN MP: The next Labour government will put justice, solidarity and fairness into practice on a global scale.
Continue reading Foreign policy / Human rights / International relations / Labour partyAcross party lines
5 August 2019
If we want our country to heal we need a fresh approach, Yvette Cooper MP tells Kate Murray.
Continue reading Brexit / Changing Work Centre / Labour party / WorkActions speak louder than words
30 July 2019
When it comes to the climate emergency, actions speak louder than words. Sue Hayman MP, Judith Blake and Alex Sobel MP write about the steps that need to be taken by local authorities and parliament.
Continue reading Economy / Environment / Labour partySeeking green solutions
30 July 2019
Green issues are creating more concern than ever before with action needed across a number of fronts. We know the government must act now, but what should this look like in practice? Stephanie Hilborne, Alan Whitehead MP, Noga Levy-Rapoport and Farhana Yamin weigh in.
Continue reading Energy / Environment / Labour partyWinning over the voters
30 July 2019
MELANIE SMALLMAN: Commitments need to be followed by actions. So how will Labour find the policies that meet its ambitious carbon reduction targets and attract voters to the party too?
Continue reading Economy / Environment / Labour partyRed and green values
30 July 2019
NADIA WHITTOME: A Labour government that is committed to restructuring and decarbonising our economy to tackle the climate emergency must put trade unions and workers at the heart of its approach.
Continue reading Brexit / Class / Economy / Environment / Inequality / Labour party / Trade unionsFor the workers
30 July 2019
CLARE HYMER: For decades in the global north, environmentalism has been framed as a white, middle-class preoccupation. This framing couldn’t be further from the truth.
Continue reading Class / Democracy / Economy / Environment / Inequality / Labour partyThe gloves are off
29 July 2019
ED MILIBAND MP: The climate change battle is one we can’t duck because of the disaster that confronts the world if we do not act. But it is also an opportunity to reimagine our world. The Labour party can and should seize this moment.
Continue reading Economy / Employment / Environment / Labour partyJoin the Fabian Society
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