Factions: Is Labour a broad church?

09/20/16 • 56 min

What are the factions inside the Labour Party that are driving the current leadership contest? And where did they come from?This month regular host and new Labour member Holly Rigby is joined by regular guest, University of East London academic and long time Labour member Jeremy Gilbert. with special guests Ellie Mae O'Hagan, Guardian journalist, and Luke Akehurst, secretary of Labour First.Production team: Huw Jordan, Gabriel Bristow, James Shield.Music by Moore and Gardner / George Gershwin, Bengale, and Juanitos used under Creative Commons licence.

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Pilot: What is the Labour Party?

Our pilot episode goes back to basics on how the Labour Party started, what it has achieved so far and how its structures work.Regular host and new Labour member Holly Rigby is joined by regular guest, University of East London academic and long time Labour member Jeremy Gilbert, and special guests Sue Goss and Mark Cooke, Labour and Compass members. A useful primer for new Labour members looking to get involved.Production team: Huw Jordan, Gabriel Bristow, James Shield.Music by Moore and Gardner / George Gershwin, Bengale, and Juanitos used under Creative Commons licence.Further resourcesJeremy Gilbert, Corbynism and its Futures nearfuturesonline.org/corbynism-and-its-futures/Sue Goss, Open Tribe www.lwbooks.co.uk/book/open-tribe

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Paul Mason: What should new members do now?

Paul Mason joins host Holly Rigby and regular guest Jeremy Gilbert to talk about what new members of the Labour party should do now.Production team: Gabriel Bristow, James Shield, Huw Jordan.Music by Moore and Gardner / George Gershwin, Bengale, and Juanitos used under Creative Commons licence.

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