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People can be organized in two ways: right-wing populism prone to xenophobia, demonization, and magical thinking or as a class, held together by solidarity and conscious, purposeful action. The socialist project is to turn the mass into a class.
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To abandon a far-reaching agenda of economic policies, as a handful of former and current Labour lawmakers suggest, risks undercutting the popularity still buoying the party.
This might be a moment of political desolation for the socialist left in Britain, but those revelling in their apparent triumph have no answers to the problems we face. The struggle for social transformation in this country must continue.
Early exit polls have suggested a Tory landslide, with Leave-voting areas switching away from Labour according to predictions. Two completely contrasting visions for our future were on the ballot paper. Labour’s offer went further than two years ago
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No matter what the court jesters of post-political analysis say, the British elections have right and left as the clear contenders. A victory for Labour would show that the voice of class cannot be silenced.
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