With UK politics gripped by a “culture war” - which the right is winning - how should the left understand and respond to these dynamics? This session will explore what is driving this “culture war”, how it impacts class struggle, whether it’s possible for the left to avoid it and, if not, what an effective strategy for engaging with it looks like.
Lisa Nandy is an MP for the Labour Party in the constituency of Wigan. She also serves as the Shadow Foreign Secretary.
Dr Kojo Koram is an academic and writer. He teaches at the school of law at Birkbeck College, University of London. In addition to his academic work, he has written for the Guardian, the Washington Post, the New Statesman and Open Democracy.
Ash is Senior Editor at Novara Media.
Alex Doherty is the host of Politics Theory Other podcast. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Jacobin, and Open Democracy.