Archive of Lewis Bassett

At the general election, the Labour party attempted to fight a deeply ingrained narrative about Brexit with appeals to economic interest. It offered “money in your pocket” in opposition to deeper values. It didn’t work. Thursday's defeat raises serious questions about the party's strategy and direction.

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of changes to his global empire - could we be entering into a new stage of development for the internet behemoth? In this article, Lewis Bassett looks at the development of Facebook, and argues for greater democratic control over the use of data.

Recent events have conclusively proved that social media is not the neutral global community that it is often taken to be – not least the recent purge of Facebook profiles of those voices critical of US foreign policy. In this article, Lewis Bassett argues that we are beginning to witness the growth of a tech monopoly capitalism that backs up US imperialism, and asks how, in the face of this, can we build a new left media.

Lewis Bassett on what the recently announced changes to Facebook mean for independent media.

Lewis Bassett on Corbynomics and the recent Conservative budget