The strange case of the closeted Lenin

According to comrades in the Socialist Workers Party, Lenin was a hypocrite who did not say what he thought. In this article, based on a speech to a London Communist Forum, Lars T Lih puts the record straight

Abandoned; Contradictory; Safe enough; Agency appeal; Another con; Celtic disgust; Capital idea

Yorkshire and Humber regional committee met last weekend. Mickey Coulter reports

Attempts to ban heckling are designed to disempower the weak, argues Paul Demarty

Cameron’s immigration speech was an attempt to out-Labour Labour, says Eddie Ford

As the miner's strike approached a crossroads, president of Kent NUM Malcolm Pitt spoke to The Leninist

John Robinson, 1926-2014

Simon Hardy A strategy for Left Unity: lessons from the European left International Socialist Network, 2014, pp34

The revolt against water charges poses sharp questions for the left, writes Anne McShane

Now in Technicolor, 3D and 4K-ready... well, maybe not the last two