A New Cycle of Struggle: The British Left Post-Corbyn

Amardeep Singh Dhillon (December 2022): The 2019 election defeat of Corbyn’s Labour Party marked the beginning of a new era for the British Left, as the fragile coalitions which had cohered around the hope of a social democratic Labour government shattered.

A New Cycle of Struggle: The British Left Post-Corbyn

As the Left reoriented itself within Labour, trade unions and social movements, seismic events including the pandemic, increased state and police repression, and the so-called cost of living crisis presented challenges as well as opportunities for new modes of organisation. With levels of industrial militancy not seen in a generation, and glimpses of new organisational infrastructures having developed, among others, around COP, Kill the Bill and the cost of living crisis, there is evidence of a proactive, collective reorientation of the left beyond the defeat of Corbynism.

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A new cycle of struggle

Dhillon, Amardeep Singh

A new cycle of struggle

The British left post-Corbyn
London, 2023

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