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The rise and fall of Corbyn’s economics

The rise and fall of Corbyn’s economics | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The three main ideas are summarised here. They were more progressive taxation to create greater equality both as a matter of fact and to deliver justice in the way that the deficit was tackled. Second, the tax gap was to be tackled to provide funding and to create a level playing field for business. And third, People’s Quantitative Easing was, in combination with a National Investment Bank, to be used to fund a new industrial strategy. What the document did not say was what the overall vision was: it focussed on policies not philosophies but it rattled the mainstream media and much of Labour nonetheless.

 

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Brexit, Corbyn and the coup

Filmed at the pro-Corbyn demo on 27.06.16 with Paul Mason (Journalist), John Hilary (War on Want), David Graeber (Writer) and others discuss underlyin
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Labour defies expectations in England as Jeremy Corbyn faces first electoral test

Labour defies expectations in England as Jeremy Corbyn faces first electoral test | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Labour has defied expectations to secure a number of councils in southern England, amid signs of declines in Conservative support in the region. 

Key battleground councils including Southampton, Crawley, and Hastings were all held by Labour despite concerns that Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership may have disillusioned swing voters outside of the party's traditional heartlands in the North of England and Wales. 
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Paul Mason accused of being a Tory | Coffee House

Paul Mason accused of being a Tory | Coffee House | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Now that Jeremy Corbyn is head of the Labour party, his army of Corbynistas are waiting in the wings, ready to brand anyone who shows the slightest sign of disloyalty a ‘red Tory’. Some of the ‘Tories’ so far outed by the hard left include Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper, John McTernan, Stella Creasy, Harriet Harman, Tony Blair and Lord Adonis.

 

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The Momentum behind the Jeremy Corbyn movement | P2P Foundation

A momentum of non-state initiatives trying to build a social economics based on common or cooperative forms of ownership.

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Labour signs up Varoufakis and Paul Mason to New Economics roadshow | LabourList

Labour signs up Varoufakis and Paul Mason to New Economics roadshow | LabourList | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Paul Mason is the latest big name to join Labour's 'New Economics' public tour while Jeremy Corbyn has revealed that former Greek Finance minister Yanis

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The Seven Stages of Establishment Backlash: Corbyn/Sanders Edition

The Seven Stages of Establishment Backlash: Corbyn/Sanders Edition | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The script used by U.K. and U.S. elites to demonize both Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders is remarkably similar.
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Seven communications successes Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour has had so far

Seven communications successes Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour has had so far | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
By Leaders' editorial team  Labour under Corbyn is often accused of lacking the strategic finesse of its forebears. In fact the last of the Blair years, the Brown years and the Miliband years were all ridden with communications disasters at one point or another. Things haven’t been ideal under Corbyn either – but for a…
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Two assessments of Jeremy Corbyn's first hundred days | P2P Foundation

Two assessments of Jeremy Corbyn's first hundred days | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Excerpted from Maya Goodfellow on LabourList: “In Corbyn’s first 100 days he has slowly but surely shifted the conversation, while shunning the vacuous personality politics that has seeped into the Commons in recent times. Beginning with a people-powered leadership campaign that exploded into life in the summer months, the former backbench MP has brought ideas …
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P​odemos ​leader ​Pablo Iglesias on why he’s like Jeremy Corbyn: ‘He brings ideas that can solve problems’

P​odemos ​leader ​Pablo Iglesias on why he’s like Jeremy Corbyn: ‘He brings ideas that can solve problems’ | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
This week’s Spanish elections will be a major test, but the leftist party has already proved it can capture the popular imagination without snatching the centre ground. Does Iglesias’s brand of radicalism provide a blueprint for the Labour leader?
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Two Months In, The New Way of Doing Politics Jeremy Corbyn Stands for Is Shifting the Political Landscape

Two Months In, The New Way of Doing Politics Jeremy Corbyn Stands for Is Shifting the Political Landscape | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Two months on - and despite much media coverage being relentlessly anti-Jeremy - we can see that the new way of doing politics Jeremy stands for is starting to shift the political landscape in Britain, shaking the Government on key issues (most notably cuts to working families' tax credits) and bringing new support to the Labour Party.
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This is what democracy looks like

This is what democracy looks like | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
This is what democracy looks like ... a den of baying pigs. Jeremy Corbyn tries to ask intelligent questions on impact cuts to Tax Credits will have on ordinary working people, he is met by a barra...
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Labour to vote against fiscal charter | Paul Mason | Paul Mason

Labour to vote against fiscal charter | Paul Mason | Paul Mason | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
In a shock reversal, Labour is to vote against the government's proposed charter for budget responsibility.
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Hard Evidence: this is the Age of Dissent – and there's much more to come

Hard Evidence: this is the Age of Dissent – and there's much more to come | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
There were more protests in Britain last year than at any time since the 1970s.
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Making Sense of Brexit: Paul Mason on Britain's Growing Economic & Political Crisis

Making Sense of Brexit: Paul Mason on Britain's Growing Economic & Political Crisis | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Britain remains in a widening crisis days after voters chose to leave the European Union. British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced his resignation.
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Labour Shadow Chancellor pledges to double the co-operative economy | Co-operatives UK Newsroom

Labour Shadow Chancellor pledges to double the co-operative economy | Co-operatives UK Newsroom | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Co-operatives UK has welcomed the announcement (Wednesday 20 April) by the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, that the Lab
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Paul Mason: the leftwing case for nuclear weapons – video

Paul Mason: the leftwing case for nuclear weapons – video | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Jeremy Corbyn needs to bury his total opposition to nuclear weapons if he wants the chance to form a leftwing government
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First Corbyn, now Sanders: how young voters' despair is fuelling movements on the left | Owen Jones

First Corbyn, now Sanders: how young voters' despair is fuelling movements on the left | Owen Jones | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
On both sides of the Atlantic, economic insecurity is fuelling the rise of new movements on the left
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Jeremy Corbyn just laid out his masterplan for Britain — and the left is loving it

Jeremy Corbyn just laid out his masterplan for Britain — and the left is loving it | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The Labour leader on Saturday gave the keynote speech at the Fabian Conference.
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Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Reshuffle? Focus on Tory failings in health, housing and education instead’

Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Reshuffle? Focus on Tory failings in health, housing and education instead’ | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Last month, the Observer ran major articles on Labour’s future. Here the leader of the opposition sets the case for a reforming Labour government to save Britain from what he sees as a reckless Conservative administration
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100 days of Jeremy Corbyn: At last, a real alternative

100 days of Jeremy Corbyn: At last, a real alternative | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Jeremy Corbyn has got the big calls right and paved the way for a Labour victory in 2020. 
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Trade Unions and Climate Change: A Conversation with Naomi Klein and Jeremy Corbyn - YouTube

At a packed meeting in Paris, Naomi Klein, supported by UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, calls for mass civil disobedience to break the ban on demonstra...
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Saying that Jeremy Corbyn didn’t bow in front of the Cenotaph is worse than lying

Saying that Jeremy Corbyn didn’t bow in front of the Cenotaph is worse than lying | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Something happened during this year's Remembrance Sunday that has never happened before. A discovery was made that will send shockwaves through the science community – the existence of a parallel universe, visible only to people who don't like Jeremy Corbyn.
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We must challenge Austerity and the Deficit Lies | TLE

We must challenge Austerity and the Deficit Lies | TLE | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
By Professor Mary Mellor  The Labour U-turn to vote against Osborne’s fiscal charter ‘trap’ is welcome, but it cannot stop there – Labour needs to open up a real debate about public access to money in a modern economy. Osborne’s aim to enshrine in law that States must not run deficits is profoundly undemocratic. It …
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