#1 Max Shanly on internal party democracy

[Apologies for the less than perfect sound on this one. It's OK to listen to and the content is really good.]Max Shanly explains how a new party can be democratically controlled by its members. There is often a lot of talk about things being democratic and member-led, but how do you actually do it? Max has done a lot of important work writing about how this could actually be done and talks through the ideas and principles here. How would these actually work? How could members and organised groups shape the new party? Do union leaderships get too much power with traditional relationships with parties? How do branches have autonomy and money? Lots more, too, with someone who has made important early serious contributions to the shaping of Your Party and played a key role in activating people across the left.Read Max's writing here:Towards a New Model Left Partyhttps://medium.com/@maxshanly/towards-a-new-model-left-party-5947dc71b727Building From Below https://medium.com/@maxshanly/building-from-below-2f9a47fe5ce6Drafting the Futurehttps://medium.com/@maxshanly/drafting-the-future-adbce6f51aa4And more...https://medium.com/@maxshanlyhttps://prometheusjournal.org/2025/07/28/building-from-below-a-democratic-roadmap-towards-a-new-model-left-party/Follow Max :https://x.com/maxshanly