Activists for ground-up politics
For the last few decades, books, articles and tweets have bounced around the world regarding the delusions of progressivism and its hip young gender neutral friend ‘wokeness’ that sucks up attention like the class clown. William Pfaff went so far as to claim progress was dead. Reality is always more Continue Reading
This article seeks to establish common ground between ‘sides’ which would often wholly clash with one another, as victims of the false left-right dichotomy. Instead, Localists promote a pragmatic approach, to value ideas on their merit sui generis. To be less vague than the title itself, throughout this article I Continue Reading
As we look around, we find that England, and the UK as a whole, is increasingly becoming more progressive on practically every social front possible. This is not to say it is the most progressive, or that it has no ways in which to progress further, but it is a Continue Reading
A large factor in holding distinctively Localist perspectives on political issues is the very question of the immediate environment. If you were to step out of the front door, what would you see? For some, it would be that which epitomises the rusticity of the English countryside. For others—and it Continue Reading
What is the future of domestic agriculture? I appreciate that this is a rather loaded question. But it is a question, ultimately, of food sovereignty, to which I apply the normative definition positing that communities have a right to own and control the foods which they consume, produced in a Continue Reading
As 2021 comes to a close, the Local Matters team joins millions of others in looking back at the past twelve months. For us, this was the year that we began to see the fruits of our labour. We began the year with the release of Localism: Manifesto For A Continue Reading
Disclaimer: Articles on this website are written from the perspectives of various Localists, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Local Matters. Our contributors come from a wide array of varying political backgrounds, and we believe that cooperation across the political spectrum is essential. Supreme authority. I could see Continue Reading
Disclaimer: Articles on this website are written from the perspectives of various Localists, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Local Matters. Our contributors come from a wide array of varying political backgrounds, and we believe that cooperation across the political spectrum is essential. In the United Kingdom, the Continue Reading
Disclaimer: Articles on this website are written from the perspectives of various Localists, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Local Matters. Our contributors come from a wide array of varying political backgrounds, and we believe that cooperation across the political spectrum is essential. Between 1972 and 2001, there Continue Reading
In reportedly more than 150 cities across 40 countries around the world, the World Wide Freedom March spanned continents in order to bring people out into the street, campaigning for decentralisation, collaboration, community, stability and peace. Localists took the front of a march in Manchester with a 16ft banner, to Continue Reading