Owen Jones
Owen Jones is a columnist and the author of Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class and The Establishment – And How They Get Away With It
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A win for Trump was a win for bigotry. Here’s how we resist himCapitulating and normalising Donald Trump’s presidency will lead to an authoritarian America. It has to be opposed
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The left needs a new populism fast. It’s clear what happens if we failDonald Trump’s victory reflects a rightwing thriving in a vacuum. There must be a plan to counter that threat
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Austerity will unleash mayhem. Prison breakouts are just the startThe consequences of cuts made years ago are now becoming visible: rising food poverty, failing flood defences and disorder in the prison system
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Black Mirror is an urgent reminder of the fatal consequences of empathy lossA corruption of shared humanity has been at the heart of injustice for too long. We must reject this
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Jeremy Corbyn’s critics must decide: unity or terminal declineOne good speech is not enough on its own, but after Labour’s summer of pain there is a moment of clarity – and all sides must seize it
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Owen Jones at Labour conference: can Corbyn unite the party? – videoIt’s been a tumultuous year for Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party. A huge surge in party membership has been tempered by a rebellious parliamentary party and an attempted coup
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Corbyn's relaunch and Labour's conference – Politics Weekly podcastHeather Stewart hears from MPs and delegates at Labour’s annual conference as the party renewed its leader Jeremy Corbyn’s mandate
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Labour’s new economic vision offers a chance to win votes. It must be seizedThe party must now build on the lessons of the Brexit referendum: voters can be inspired by a vision that overcomes their worries about the economy
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Apple must now pay its taxes. This is a vindication of protestVictories for protesters over tax avoidance and on TTIP show how grassroots campaigns can overturn injustice and hold the powerful to account
Don’t be divided by Trump and Brexit: minorities are part of the working class