Category Archives: Movement Politics

Occupy Zionism! Stav Shaffir on the new politics of patriotism and protest

By Guest | Published: May 7, 2013

Stav Shaffir was in conversation with Alan Johnson of ‘Fathom: for a deeper understanding of Israel and the region’

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Lessons for Labour from France: manage expectations

By James Bloodworth | Published: April 3, 2013

Francois Hollande’s popularity recently hit a record low for a French head of state, with a whopping 67 per cent of the French population disapproving of the President. The lesson from France should perhaps be that the most sensible thing to do in the current climate is to keep expectations low, or at any rate ensure they never approach anything like that generated in the run up to the election of Francois Hollande.

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Pope Francis: the man who catches the bus and cooks his own meals

By Kevin Meagher | Published: March 14, 2013

The optimism invested in Pope Francis, the 266th holder of the office since St. Peter, was apparent on our television screens last night as pilgrims from all corners of the world – Black and White, rich and poor, European, African, Asian, North and South American – crammed into St. Peter’s Square to hear his first words.

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Pope Jorge Bergoglio: what the papers are saying

By Ed Jacobs | Published: March 14, 2013

The world this morning wakes up with a new Pope, someone that no one expected to take the post. Here’s how the papers have reacted to the news.

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Five challenges facing the new Pope

By James Bloodworth | Published: March 12, 2013

Left Foot Forward spoke to Catholic Voice writer and speaker Peter D. Williams about the challenges ahead for the new pontiff.

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The Left Foot Forward Debate: Hugo Chavez, tyrant or liberator?

By Left Foot Forward | Published: March 7, 2013

Opinion on the Left has been divided since the news broke on Tuesday evening that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had died of cancer. We asked two of our writers to give their take on the legacy of Hugo Chavez, both for and against.

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It’s time to admit football has a money problem

By Guest | Published: March 6, 2013

Football has a money problem. A first – but significant – step in dealing with financial short-termism in the game is to address the language we use.

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Campaigns: Ensuring MPs stick to their 2030 Carbon Target promises

By James Bloodworth | Published: February 20, 2013

Social media is increasingly being used by activists to hold politicians to promises they have made in the past. This time those MPs who promised to back the 2013 Carbon Target amendment to the Energy Bill are being encouraged to stick to their promises via Twitter.

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Comment: On Feminism and the Suzanne Moore Controversy

By Carl Packman | Published: January 14, 2013

In an article featured in a new anthology, then re-printed in the New Statesman, Suzanne Moore told her readers that “the desired body for women is that of “a Brazilian transsexual”.” What then came after was a bucket load of abuse, telling Moore that she was transphobic and not a real feminist.  This desire to [...]

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Her Majesty’s uncooperative Queen’s Speech

By Guest | Published: May 17, 2012

The Queen’s Speech did not deliver on energy bills, foreign aid or co-operative values.

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