Has the Left Outgrown Labour? w/ Grace Blakeley

In the US and the UK, left movements came close to power. Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn both galvanized an entire generation on the Left, but what lessons can we take from those movements today? And what is the future of the Left? Grace Blakeley, writer, Marxist, and long-time supporter of Corbyn, joins the Jacobin Show to talk about her support of the Green Party in the UK and the leadership of Zack Polanski.

Read Grace’s excellent Substack here: https://graceblakeley.substack.com/

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This is the audio version of a video from April 17, 2026. Catch the Jacobin Show on YouTube every Friday at 3 PM ET: https://www.youtube.com/@JacobinMag