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In spite of everything
22 Jul 2021
Left illusions in cheap populist rhetoric risk splitting the vote and handing victory to the right. Paul Demarty argues in favour of a clear-sighted and long-term strategy
Lamb dressed as mutton
18 Mar 2021
Lawrence Parker reviews 'A centenary for socialism: Britain’s Communist Party 1920-2020' by the Communist Party of Britain, edited by Mary Davis
The afterlife of Bobby Sands
11 Mar 2021
Glowing leftwing tributes to the hunger-striker contrast markedly to the prevailing attitude 40 years ago. Paul Demarty looks at the modern-day paradoxes
Crooked formulations
23 Feb 2020
No human is illegal, says the Morning Star. But, notes Eddie Ford, the paper goes on to argue that not all humans should be legal.
Our attitude to Europe
09 Jan 2020
A long-standing member of the Communist Party of Britain has tried to start an open debate using the ‘normal channels’. Though this letter was sent to the CPB, the Morning Star and Communist Review in December 2019, it has neither been printed not even acknowledged
Whatever happened to the Lexit lads?
11 Apr 2019
Life has driven the left advocates of Brexit into ever greater confusion, argues Paul Demarty
Apologists for mass murder
07 Sep 2017
The Morning Star is still in denial about the Marikana massacre, writes Peter Manson
Aim to be a party of extreme opposition
18 May 2017
That a Corbyn-led Labour Party would trail way behind in the polls was always eminently predictable. Nevertheless, says James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists, too many on the left are in a panic, are clutching at straws and are sadly deluding themselves about Labour’s manifesto
Total intellectual collapse
27 Apr 2017
Theresa May’s snap election exposes the political bankruptcy of the far left, argues Paul Demarty
Don’t be a fan club
09 Mar 2017
William Sarsfield of Labour Party Marxists calls for a serious fight to transform Labour
Boris Johnson’s useful idiots
13 Oct 2016
The Stop the War conference was marked by a pro-imperialist stunt, reports Simon Wells
Going into overdrive
06 Oct 2016
On the one hand, the Morning Star is supporting Jeremy Corbyn completely uncritically, writes Peter Manson. On the other, it claims the real action is ‘on the streets’
Front-line dispatch
29 Sep 2016
The rift between the Corbynistas and the right is irreconcilable. Simon Wells reports from Liverpool
Lexiteers all at sea
15 Sep 2016
Both the Morning Star’s CPB and SPEW advocate immigration controls and socialism in one country, notes Mike Macnair
End the bans and proscriptions
01 Sep 2016
Once the Labour Party was characterised by tolerance and inclusion, all working class organisations were welcome - no longer. James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists explores the history