Ben Little

is senior lecturer in media and cultural studies at Middlesex University and co-editor of Soundings. He mostly works on engaging young people with

Articles

Labour's lost referendum

Ahead of Thursday’s EU referendum, Ben Little of Soundings (UK) looks beyond the daily diet of questionable and competing facts circulated by party political factions, and considers the deep-seated tensions that currently shape the United Kingdom’s fractured political landscape.

Parties, causes and political power

Today’s slick electoral machines have debased the idea of seeking political power, contends Soundings co-editor Ben Little. Which marks a sea change since the first decades after WWII, when local parties were intensely engaged in candidate selection and struggles over party resources.