A new left party jettisoning socialism
As chatter about a “new left party” rises, the Morning Star has a proposal for what it should look like. A piece on 2 April by frequent contributor John Green advocates a new formation based upon a revival of Corbynism. But a particular sort of revival. According to Green, Jeremy’s main appeal was that he “eschewed jargon and sloganising.” So any new “left-wing formation or party” must jettison that sort of stuff: “we need to recognise that even terms like ‘socialism’ and certainly clichéd rhetoric like ‘smash the Tories’ or ‘down with capitalism,’ so beloved of the far left, can frighten and...