Signs of the Times is an independent self-financed collective that exists to provide a space for open discussion on the left.

We host magazine-style articles by academics, activists, journalists, NGO-workers and trade unionists that address contemporary issues of politics and culture.

 

  • Steffen Böhm considers the use of violence in contemporary global politics
  • Matt Hills reviews the new Doctor Who
  • Oscar Reyes looks at the likely implications for privatisation and surveillance of the 2012 Olympic Bid.
  • Neal Lawson searches for signs of Social Democracy in New Labour
  • Jeremy Valentine dissects the debate around managerialism and the meaning of New Labour's 'modernisation'.
  • Kerry Moore and Joanna Zylinska consider New Labour's politics of immigration.

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