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Jeremy Corbyn is the New Left

Bart Cammaerts

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What are the reasons for the meteoric rise of Jeremy Corbyn, who now seems highly likely to be elected as Labour’s next leader? In this article, Bart Cammaerts explores why Corbyn is succeeding despite much of the media and Labour party figures coming out forcefully against him, writing that he represents the renewal of a pronounced leftist discourse and agenda.

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What are the reasons for the meteoric rise of Jeremy Corbyn, who now seems highly likely to be elected as Labour’s next leader? In this article, Bart Cammaerts explores why Corbyn is succeeding despite much of the media and Labour party figures coming out forcefully against him, writing that he represents the renewal of a pronounced leftist discourse and agenda.

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What are the reasons for the meteoric rise of Jeremy Corbyn, who now seems highly likely to be elected as Labour’s next leader? In this article, Bart Cammaerts explores why Corbyn is succeeding despite much of the media and Labour party figures coming out forcefully against him, writing that he represents the renewal of a pronounced leftist discourse and agenda.

Key concepts: Left-wing politics, Political science, Political economy, Gender studies, Sociology, Media studies, Law, Politics

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