Mamdani’s Municipal Socialist Inheritance
Buried in the historical record are the vibrant currents of municipal socialism that reshaped our urban worlds more than we acknowledge or even realize.
Jeremy Corbyn
6 articles
Assessing the UK Electoral Avalanche of December 2019
By John Weeks On 12 December the UK Conservative party scored a stunning victory as it buried the opposition in
Labour Party Leadership: Fight for Policies Not Souls
By John Weeks A Yawning Divide Those following the internal conflict in the UK Labour Party repeatedly read that it
Understanding the Corbyn Phenomenon
By John Weeks Labour Party Rebellion of 2016 Cross-country political comparisons mislead by creating an illusion of insight. The attempt
Alone Now: From Hope to Brexit Despair
By John Weeks A Tale of Two Summers The summer of 2015 brought a spectacularly bright ray of progressive hope
Tuesday Links: TPP, Corbyn, Sanders, etc.
Off Guardian (embedded above), Tony Benn speech on the aims of Thatcherite policies. Via Gaius Publius, via Naked Capitalism, where
Corbyn Victory; Other election links
Scott Fullwiler, New Economic Perspectives, Corbynomics 101. A good piece responding to three critiques of Corbyn's idea of