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Open Labour policies at heart of Labour transport plans by Tessa Milligan, Co-Chair | 11.04.24 | In: General, News A people-first economy is core to Open Labour’s political values, and we have long fought for basic services to be run for people, not profit. In our 2022... Read More
NEC Endorsement ballot: Candidate Statements by Tessa Milligan, Co-Chair | 22.03.24 | In: Uncategorised Open Labour will soon be balloting our members on which candidates should receive Open Labour's endorsement in the Labour Party's National Executive Committee... Read More
An international push for a two-state solution: the only true route to peace in the Mid... by Tessa Milligan, Co-Chair | 19.01.24 | In: Uncategorised Humanitarianism, human rights, and the pursuit of peace are the internationalist values at the heart of Open Labour. With those principles in mind, we hosted... Read More
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Open Labour endorses 17 candidates in Young Labour and Labour Students elections by Tessa Milligan, Co-Chair | 19.01.24 | In: News, Uncategorised The Open Labour National Committee has voted to endorse the following candidates in the Labour Party's youth and student elections: National Labour Students... Read More
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Statement on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (18/10/20... by Open Labour National Committee | 18.10.23 | In: General, News The death toll from the Hamas terror attack in Southern Israel last Saturday has reached 1400+ people. Hamas continues to fire rockets indiscriminately into... Read More
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Breaking New Ground: Members’ Report 2023 by Tessa Milligan, Co-Chair | 27.08.23 | In: News Open Labour was founded to give voice to Labour Party members who believe in a practical, open-minded and inclusive type of democratic socialism. We want to... Read More
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The two-child cap is a poor fit for Labour by Lauren Davison | 23.07.23 | In: Comment Labour members were blindsided by Keir Starmer's recent commitment to keep George Osborne’s two child-cap on benefits. Thanks to Tory austerity, 1 in 4... Read More
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Labour showed it can be done on a cold, rainy Thursday night in Stoke by Lauren Davison | 16.05.23 | In: News Fresh from the local elections, Open Labour National Committee member Lauren Davison provides an insightful account of Labour's remarkable triumph in... Read More
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Review: Michael Chessum’s ‘This Is Only The Beginning’ by Barry Coppinger | 18.11.22 | In: Comment I joined the Labour Party in Autumn 1979, within 6 months of the economic and social carnage beginning under Thatcher. Tony Benn in the late 70’s and 80’s... Read More
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Labour needs to Forge a New Consensus within the Party and Country by Andrew Ryder | 10.11.22 | In: Comment I am a Labour member living in Hungary but still able to participate in the party through Labour International, a constituency Labour Party set up for members... Read More
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REVIEW: Patrick Diamond and Giles Radice, Labour’s Civil Wars (London: Haus Publishin... by Dr Lewis Young | 31.08.22 | In: Comment Open Labour member Lewis Young PhD looks at recent literary approaches to factionalism in the Labour Party and asks whether it's possible to ever tackle... Read More
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Building a new Social Europe would be the best response to Viktor Orbán’s culture wa... by Andrew Ryder | 21.08.22 | In: Comment Andrew Ryder, Associate Professor at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, argues that if a culture war is indeed taking place, the EU’s best response... Read More