Comment Labour’s turn towards public ownership must be just the start If clean energy can be owned for the common good, why not water, communications and other vital services? By Mathew Lawrence and Adrienne Buller
Rethinking the means of production: how employee ownership went global Economic ownership has re-entered the political mainstream. Senator Bernie Sanders is the latest politician to plant a flag in… By Mathew Lawrence
John McDonnell’s worker ownership funds could be the left’s Right to Buy Labour's plan to give employees a meaningful stake in the economy could build a new political constituency for the party. By Mathew Lawrence
We need a Digital Commonwealth to counter surveillance capitalism Rather than being privately extracted, data and technology must be harnessed for collective gain. By Mathew Lawrence
Only radicalism can prevent an irreversible “Hothouse Earth” We still have time to prevent catastrophic climate change - but a limited social democratic project is inadequate. By Mathew Lawrence
Fires like Saddleworth Moor will become increasingly normal until we fight environmental collapse Over the next 50 years, the UK is likely to experience increased fires, water shortages and an inability to… By Mathew Lawrence
Robots, Brexit and the Anthropocene – welcome to 2020s Britain Progressives have a lot to prepare for. By Mathew Lawrence
Banishing safe seats, and other proposals to bridge the democratic divide How to improve key areas of democracy. By Mathew Lawrence
British democracy is nearing a crisis point The young and the poor are increasingly turning away from democratic politics, incentivising politicians to focus on the rich… By Mathew Lawrence