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In the context of divisive disagreements about how the British left should orient itself towards the current Labour Party, this intervention uses the Gorzian category of non-reformist reforms to critically evaluate the 2017–19 policy programme developed by the Corbyn-led Labour Party and draw out the implications for current strategic debates. It argues that the radical core of the Corbynite economic programme lay in its proposals for widening ownership and extending economic democracy, but that there was a tension between commodified and decommodifying visions of these proposals. Exploring the different conceptions of political transformation implicit within each vision, the paper argues that only the latter had the potential to be non-reformist in the Gorzian sense. However, Gorz was concerned not merely with a reform's content but also with how it was formulated and pursued. The paper ends by arguing that the transformative potential of the economic programme was not reflected in its political strategy and that this has important lessons for strategy today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mentioning the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, a seminary, and slavery in the same breath seems incongruous. Nonetheless, within the account of Codrington College, Barbados, the Anglican Communion's first theological college, we find these three inextricably linked. Using a historical-analytical approach, this paper reveals the troubling missionizing principles which advanced oppressive colonial structures, while failing to fully develop the personhood, agency, and full emancipation of the oppressed. We reassess the ways that particular top-down framings of Christianity and missions were used to enslave/oppress Afro-Barbadians, even under the guise of emancipation. Advocating instead for a framework centering emancipation from below, we outline the ways in which this historical account provides insight for contemporary missional hermeneutics/praxis that seeks to uproot racial and economic inequalities, thus pursuing liberation for all. Resumen: Parece incongruente nombrar al mismo tiempo la Sociedad para la propagación del evangelio, el seminario y la esclavitud; sin embargo, estos tres están estrechamente vinculados en la historia de Codrington College, Barbados, el primer colegio teológico de la Comunión anglicana. Este trabajo utiliza un enfoque histórico-analítico para poner de manifiesto los preocupantes principios misioneros que extendieron estructuras coloniales opresivas, y fallaron en desarrollar plenamente la personalidad, la organización y la plena emancipación de los oprimidos. Reevaluamos las maneras en que ciertos marcos verticalistas del cristianismo y las misiones, aún bajo el pretexto de emancipación, se utilizaron para esclavizar / oprimir a los afrobarbadenses. Se promueve, en lugar de ello, un modelo centrado en la emancipación desde abajo; se delinea cómo este relato histórico provee una mirada para la hermenéutica / praxis misional contemporánea que busca erradicar las desigualdades raciales y económicas para la liberación de todos. 摘要: 一口气同时提到福音传播的团体、神学院和奴隶制似乎很不协调。然而，在圣公会第一所神学院巴巴多斯的科德林顿学院，我们发现这三者有着千丝万缕的联系。本文运用历史分析方法，揭示了令人烦扰的宣教原则，这些原则推进了压迫性的殖民结构，而未能充分培养被压迫者的人格和媒介以致他们得到充分的解放。我们重新评估了基督教和宣教机构自上而下的框架，即使打着解放的幌子，是被用来奴役/压迫非洲巴巴迪亚人的方式。相反，我们主张建立一个以从下解放为中心的框架，概述了这一历史叙述如何为当代宣教诠释/实践提供见解，这些诠释/实践寻求根除种族和经济的不平等，追求人人解放。 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]