Renewal (magazine)

Renewal
EditorGeorge Morris, Emily Robinson and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite
Former editorsNeal Lawson, Paul Thompson, Martin McIvor, Ben Jackson, James Stafford
CategoriesPolitics
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherLawrence and Wishart
Founded1993; 32 years ago (1993)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.renewal.org.uk
ISSN0968-252X
OCLC813292830

Renewal is a quarterly British left-wing political magazine published by Lawrence and Wishart.

History

Renewal was established in 1993 as the magazine of the Labour Coordinating Committee in the wake of the Labour Party's fourth successive election defeat. Under the editorship of Neal Lawson and Paul Thompson, it established itself as an influential forum for debate among Labour Party "modernisers".[1][2][3] Over time its editors took an increasingly critical approach towards Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party and were instrumental in the foundation of the pressure group Compass.[4][5]

In 2007, Martin McIvor took over as editor.[6] In 2012, Ben Jackson took over as editor.[7] In 2016, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite and James Stafford took over as editors.[8] In the early-mid 2010s, the journal carried articles from such authors as Lord Stewart Wood,[9] Lisa Nandy MP,[10] and Rachel Reeves and Martin McIvor,[11] and interviews with Frances O'Grady,[12] and Thomas Piketty.[13]

References

  1. ^ Adonis, Andrew (12 January 1997). "Blair and the brains". The Observer.
  2. ^ Wintour, Patrick (15 January 2003). "Devolving public services 'must be Labour aim'". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Happold, Tom (14 March 2003). "Critical voices". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Cook, Robin (2004), "The final break: 5 February - 17 March 2003", in Cook, Robin (ed.), The point of departure: diaries from the front bench, London: Simon & Schuster, p. 303, ISBN 9780743483773.
  5. ^ Wintour, Patrick (9 August 2004). "Former Labour allies round on Blair". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Renewal | Martin McIvor | The problem of social democracy". www.renewal.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  7. ^ "Renewal | Ben Jackson | Twenty years of Renewal". www.renewal.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  8. ^ "Renewal | James Stafford, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite | Reorienting the Left". renewal.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  9. ^ Wood, Stewart (2016). "The Predistribution Agenda". Renewal.
  10. ^ Nandy, Lisa (2016). "What is the significance of the Paris agreement?". Renewal.
  11. ^ Reeves, Rachel (2014). "Clement Attlee and the foundations of the British welfare state". Renewal.
  12. ^ O'Grady, Frances (2013). "Interview: trade unionism after the crash". Renewal.
  13. ^ Picketty, Thomas (2014). "Interview: inequality and what to do about it". Renewal.