Corbynmania isn’t dangerous – there’s irony in those chants | Rachel Shabi
A marrow-growing, manhole cover enthusiast isn’t exactly cult material. His supporters aren’t blind to Labour’s pitfalls, but fed up with remote, dreary politics• Rachel Shabi is a freelance...
View ArticleThe State is right to humanise Isis recruits. We need to understand | Rachel...
The TV drama’s characters are disarmingly ordinary – not the brainless, heartless thugs we’d prefer them to be. It’s challenging, but it’s certainly not propagandaAfter just one episode, you can...
View ArticleWith the Tories threatening to implode, Labour must sustain its pressure |...
The government looks set to spend the autumn staggering from crisis to crisis. The opposition needs to keep reminding the public of its progressive alternativeEven in its current state of infighting...
View Article‘British jobs for British workers’ is back, a fascist incursion into...
The terminology that runs through the government’s leaked Brexit plans – and Labour’s reaction – is shocking and hasn’t received enough scrutinyThanks to leaked proposals we now know that the guiding...
View ArticleCorbyn’s meetings with EU leaders shows Labour as the Brexit grownup | Rachel...
With the Tories riven by infighting, the Labour leader has been forging links with other parties in Europe to make sure the UK gets the best Brexit deal possibleFinally, we have something...
View ArticleMarsha de Cordova: As a disabled MP I have to do more work and more prep
The shadow disabilities minister, who is visually impaired, on how to make parliament more accessible and support disabled people into employmentA few weeks ago, Labour’s shadow disabilities minister...
View ArticleCan we stop comparing Momentum to a fanatical cult, please? | Rachel Shabi
Since 2015, Momentum has helped turn around Labour’s fortunes. Rather than criticise it, the rest of the party should learn from its successIf you’ve been following the media fortunes of Momentum, the...
View ArticleHow should young women react as #MeToo moves into dating? Female writers...
Aziz Ansari and Cat Person are taking the #MeToo debate into today’s dating scene, showing gender disparity and raising consent issuesRelated: Here’s why Aziz Ansari’s behaviour matters | Emily...
View ArticleSorry, Theresa May – we don’t need any more anti-abuse laws | Rachel Shabi
The PM wants new legislation to deal with the online abuse of politicians. Let’s try enforcing existing legislation firstWhen Diane Abbott described the abuse she had received during a debate last...
View ArticleFor Jewish Corbyn supporters, this antisemitism row feels like gaslighting |...
We have faced varying degrees of hostility and manipulation. But let’s not pretend Corbyn’s Labour invented antisemitismIt is utterly bewildering that Labour MPs and journalists thought it was fine to...
View ArticleTrump threw a match into Jerusalem with no plan to put out the fire | Rachel...
The killing of 52 Palestinians is the result of the US president’s folly in giving Netanyahu what he wanted• Death, division and denial as US embassy opens in JerusalemThe images coming out of the...
View ArticleThe next Homeland? The problems with Fauda, Israel's brutal TV hit
The Netflix smash – about a ruthless Israeli unit hunting down terrorists – has been praised for its evenhanded portrayal of the Palestinian conflict. But are there glaring omissions?Israel’s biggest...
View ArticleLabour’s democratic review is no stitch-up. It’s a grassroots turbo-boost |...
The proposals will improve the party, getting more people involved in politics. That’s not ‘the wrong type of democracy’It takes a particular skill to cast something called a “democratic review” as...
View ArticleJews and Palestinians are the losers in this pointless political spat |...
Finger-pointing over Jeremy Corbyn’s visit to Tunis has now spread to the Tory party. Yet all it does is provoke divisionCalls this week for the Conservative peer Lord Sheikh to be expelled from his...
View ArticleThe left must restore the ties between antisemitism and other racism | Rachel...
Leftwing prejudice against Jews is not new. But our black, Asian, Muslim and Jewish alliance advocates a different approachJewish new year is a time for reflection, and the subject of Labour and...
View ArticleAfter Pittsburgh, the left must face down all forms of racism | Rachel Shabi
Words can be deadly. With 11 Jewish people killed at a synagogue, leftists had better ensure theirs don’t ring hollowIn the wake of the tragedy of Pittsburgh, the murder of 11 Jewish people at a...
View ArticleHow David Icke helped unite Labour's factions against antisemitism | Rachel...
The conspiracy theorist may have succeeded where others failed, in building the momentum to tackle antisemitismLast week, a new report found that 60% of the British public believe at least one...
View ArticleLabour’s immigration U-turn is a wake-up call for Corbyn supporters | Rachel...
By criticising the party’s approach to migration, loyalists helped to change it. The leadership must learn to listen to themWe’re here, then. The point at which a Labour leadership that won support for...
View ArticleLabour's antisemitism crisis
The party’s handling of cases came under scrutiny again this week as it suspended MP Chris Williamson. The move came after the resignation of Luciana Berger, who claims she was bullied out of the party...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn needs to get behind the people’s vote to fight the far right |...
A second vote is the only way to confront head-on the bigotry and racism unleashed by BrexitFor many in the Labour movement, the socialist, diverse left bloc of last week’s Put it to the People march...
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