With essays by David Miliband, Paul Mason, John Harris, Lisa Nandy, Vince Cable and more.
On contemporary politics: "there's a climate now of wild, apocalyptic hysteria".
The Brexit vote represents an existential challenge to the identity and existence of the party.
Instead of obsessing about progressive politics, the party needs first to understand the chronic failure of its own brand.
On Brexit: "It's like Zizek with The Matrix — I demand a third pill beyond the red and the blue".
"People in politics are either plumbers, who get things done, or they are priests who give you pure ideology, and there is clearly an appetite for priests"
A radical internationalism is needed to democratise the EU and breathe new life into the left.
In 1988, Marxism Today put out a list of "modern" and "new" things. Now, with the future of the left forcing us to radically rethink the "new times", the New Statesman has updated the list for 2016.
If the 1980s were a time when the global market was expanding, our time is one in which globalisation is stalled and fragmenting. It is the right, not the left, that has grasped what the new times mean.
The right side does not always win, and history rarely affords second chances. It's time for the British left to act – and boldly.
When Labour lurched to the left under Michael Foot, James Callaghan warned the Party of their obligation to work as a team. A pity his wise words are little heeded today.
Trump, Brexit, the rise of the far right across Europe – these are turbulent times for the world. Help us hold our leaders to account and tell the stories the world needs to hear.
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