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Culture Change
Home Blog Culture Change The aspirations of black people aren’t different to white people, but the treatment of them is. In the third part of our Black History Month blog series, Liam Martin-Lane outlines how we can change that. This year’s Labour party conference was refreshing. For the first time in my 8 years as a member, a Labour leader was unapologetic in praising not just any aspiration, but the aspiration of working class people.
58. US politics: midterms meanings with Matthew Doyle
With hot-takes still coming fresh off the Twittersphere and votes still to be counted in many states, Matthew Doyle – previously special advisor to Tony Blair – comes on the pod to speak to Conor Pope and Alison McGovern about his key takeaways from last Tuesday night. Also on the show, Alison discusses the refugee crisis following her trip to Lebanon, where over a million displaced Syrians now live.
Antisemitism: Stay and fight it
Rooting around in a bin to find a family member’s discarded Labour membership card, I asked myself why I still bother.
Extra: Episode 44 Review
Will the Tories have the principles to hold Boris to account for his comments on the burqa? Could it trigger a proper investigation into Islamophobia in the Tory party? And is Jean-Luc Melenchon a crank? Conor Pope and Henna Shah discuss. Progressive centre-ground Labour politics does not come for free. It takes time, commitment and money to build a fight against the forces of conservatism. If you value the work Progress does, please support us by becoming a member, subscriber or donating.
What’s next for Labour members?
Solidarity and dedication are key to making our voices heard, writes Liam Martin-Lane I am still coming to terms with how the party I have supported my entire political life has been infected with racism and bigotry. Speaking as a mixed-race male, born in south London in the 1990s to a mother of Jamaican heritage, my perceptions of what racism looks like (and the type of people it comes from) can be quite entrenched.
Mutualisation, not nationalisation
As I write, I am sitting on a stationary Arriva Wales train from Cardiff Central to Manchester Piccadilly which has been stranded in Newport for the past two hours. The reason? There is a train in front that is so out of date that it physically does not have the power to move up a fairly steep hill. That is the position British trains are in at the moment.
What American progressives could win
With the Republican party controlling the House, the Senate, the Presidency and a majority of state governorships, 2018 looks to be a bleak year. However, 2018 could also provide victories for the American progressive movement, writes Jack Clarke Prescription Prices in the United States are the highest in the developed world – for example, the prescription drug Nexium, which costs just $30 in Canada costs $305 in the US.
We don’t need no gun ownership
The United States’ dogmatic belief in gun ownership has cost too many innocent lives. The Florida school shooting should spark politicians to end it, argues Liam Martin-Lane So far 2018 has been a particularly deadly year for students in America’s schools. As of yesterday, there have been a total of 18 school shootings so far, making the news from Florida sadly unsurprising.
These fares aren’t fair
The Tories will do nothing about the broken system that has resulted in the highest rail fare rises in five years, writes Liam Martin-Lane Last week, millions of us saw our bank balances stretched a bit further as we returned to work with rail fares increased by an average of 3.4 per cent. This is the highest increase in five years. Britain already has the highest rail fares in the whole of Europe.
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