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Dreaming Red Plenty

By: Toby Manning

Throughout history, too many left figureheads have presented socialism as something austere and defensive. To defeat an insurgent far-right with no qualms about harnessing affect, we must embrace the utopian joy behind the socialist project.

(Illustration by Polina Godz)

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In a contemporary Britain where pubs and clubs are closing at an accelerated rate, politicians are trying to ban band appearances, living costs are curbing consumption, austerity has become not just an economic regime but a way of life. Keir Starmer’s government is constitutionally joyless, his Grey Labour the overseer of austerity and the punisher […]

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In a contemporary Britain where pubs and clubs are closing at an accelerated rate, politicians are trying to ban band appearances, living costs are curbing consumption, austerity has become not just an economic regime but a way of life. Keir Starmer’s government is constitutionally joyless, his Grey Labour the overseer of austerity and the punisher […]

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In a contemporary Britain where pubs and clubs are closing at an accelerated rate, politicians are trying to ban band appearances, living costs are curbing consumption, austerity has become not just an economic regime but a way of life. Keir Starmer’s government is constitutionally joyless, his Grey Labour the overseer of austerity and the punisher […]

In a contemporary Britain where pubs and clubs are closing at an accelerated rate, politicians are trying to ban band appearances, living costs are curbing consumption, austerity has become not just an economic regime but a way of life. Keir Starmer’s government is constitutionally joyless, his Grey Labour the overseer of austerity and the punisher […]

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