Moulding the New Nye Bevans

By: Paolo Gerbaudo

Today’s labour movement struggles to create leaders with the politics or influence needed to take us forward – to change that, we need to rejuvenate the workplace and community institutions which shaped yesterday’s fighters.

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Today, the Left suffers from many organisational problems. But one of the most important is a lack of skilful leaders with significant political credibility in the movement. The left-populist wave of Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, and Pablo Iglesias provided a brief impression that once again we could count on trustworthy figures who might inspire and […]

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Today, the Left suffers from many organisational problems. But one of the most important is a lack of skilful leaders with significant political credibility in the movement. The left-populist wave of Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, and Pablo Iglesias provided a brief impression that once again we could count on trustworthy figures who might inspire and […]

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Today, the Left suffers from many organisational problems. But one of the most important is a lack of skilful leaders with significant political credibility in the movement. The left-populist wave of Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, and Pablo Iglesias provided a brief impression that once again we could count on trustworthy figures who might inspire and […]

Today, the Left suffers from many organisational problems. But one of the most important is a lack of skilful leaders with significant political credibility in the movement. The left-populist wave of Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, and Pablo Iglesias provided a brief impression that once again we could count on trustworthy figures who might inspire and […]

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