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What Britain can learn from Obama's victory Labour has a long history of looking across the Atlantic for inspiration. The founders of New Labour were famously influenced by Bill Clinton and his New Democrats and innovations such as the War Room, workfare and triangualtion helped equip the party for the political and economic challenges of the 90s. So it is again in 2009 that Labour looks to America and the Democrats, as it seeks to renew itself after nearly twelve years in government and find a new politics to fit changed times. Barack Obama's 2008 campaign was a beacon of hope not just to Americans but to progressives across the world. The Change We Need: What Britain can learn from Obama's victory is a collection of essays published by the Fabian Society and edited by Nick Anstead and Will Straw that looks at all aspects of Obama's amazing - and unlikely - success and asks at every stage what lessons are applicable to the Labour Party.Watch a video of the book launch with Alastair Campbell, David Lammy MP and Obama new media advisor Ben Brandzel here.Includes a Foreword from Gordon Brown. Chapters: Foreword: Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP The democratising force of fundraising: Matthew McGregor
You can receive a free copy of the book if you join the Fabian Society Individual copies of this Fabian special edition are available for £9.95, plus £1 postage and packing. ISBN 978 0 7163 4107 9 Telephone the Fabian Society bookshop on 020 7227 4900, email
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