Renewal (journal)
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| Renewal | |
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| Type | Journal |
| Format | Magazine |
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| Owner | Renewal Ltd |
| Editor | Martin McIvor |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Political allegiance | social democrat / democratic socialist |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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| Website: http://www.renewal.org.uk | |
Renewal is a British left-wing political journal, published in London, England, by Lawrence and Wishart.
Renewal was founded in 1993 as the journal of the Labour Coordinating Committee in the wake of the Labour Party's fourth successive election defeat. It established itself as an influential forum for debate among Labour Party 'modernisers'[1] under the editorship of Neal Lawson and Paul Thompson, with contributors including Robin Cook, Gordon Brown, Michael Walzer, Zygmunt Bauman and Hilary Wainwright. Over time its editors took an increasingly critical approach towards Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party[2] and were instrumental in the foundation of the pressure group Compass.
In 2007 Renewal was relaunched as 'a journal of social democracy' under a refreshed Editorial Board including Anthony Barnett, Madeleine Bunting, Jon Cruddas, John Harris, David Marquand, David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Fiona Millar, John Monks, Richard Sennett, Jon Trickett, Roberto Unger, and Erik Olin Wright. Recent issues have featured Sheri Berman, Ross McKibbin, Frances O'Grady, Conor Gearty, and Michael Hardt.
[edit] References
- ^ Andrew Adonis, 'Blair and the brains', The Observer, 12 January 1997; 'Devolving public services must be "Labour aim"', The Guardian, 15 January 2003; Tom Happold, 'Critical voices', The Guardian, 14 March 2003
- ^ Robin Cook, The Point of Departure - Diaries from the Front Bench, Simon & Schuster, 2003, pp. 302-3; 'Fomer Labour allies round on Blair', The Guardian, 9 August 2004
