Democracy & State
Overcoming the enemies within
17 May 2012
The left must unite in order to change the relationship of forces both within and outside the Labour Party, argues Mike Macnair
Just a waste of money?
07 May 2015
The hype surrounding the birth of Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Windsor once again shows that we need to fight for a different world, says Tina Becker
This charming man
07 May 2015
Ben Macintyre A spy among friends: Kim Philby and the great betrayal Bloomsbury, 2014, pp354, £18
Avoiding bacon sandwiches
07 May 2015
Don’t incur the wrath - or mockery - of the press, warns Eddie Ford
Crunch time approaches
30 Apr 2015
Does Syriza have a plan B, wonders Eddie Ford, and is it viable?
No strategy towards Labour
30 Apr 2015
What is the left saying about the general election? Daniel Harvey has been investigating
Gambling on a government - or bidding for an opposition?
30 Apr 2015
Our voting recommendations are not about deciding how we should be ruled under capitalism, argues Peter Manson, but about constructing a working class alternative
Robbing Peter to pay Alexis
23 Apr 2015
Athens is running out of money fast, writes Eddie Ford. But will Alexis Tsipras capitulate?
A simulacrum of Thatcherism
23 Apr 2015
Paul Demarty is unimpressed by David Cameron’s housing policy, and calls for serious thinking on the left
Contradictions laid bare
23 Apr 2015
There are two sides to South Africa’s ‘vibrant emerging market economy’. Peter Manson points to the underlying causes of the xenophobia
Parties, swings and roundabouts
16 Apr 2015
With the polls too close to call, writes Eddie Ford, neither Labour nor Tory strategists can be happy
Against coalitionism
09 Apr 2015
Jos Alembic reflects on the progress of the Socialist Party during the recent provincial elections and looks ahead to the party’s congress in November
Nothing to lose, everything to lose
09 Apr 2015
The April 2 leaders’ debate saw the ‘impressive’ Nicola Sturgeon praised by the Tories. Eddie Ford gives his assessment
Lessons of the Great Strike
09 Apr 2015
Recognising the nature of the defeat at the end of the Miners' Strike was hard for the left, argues Mark Fischer
Split that need not have happened
09 Apr 2015
The criminal actions of the South African Communist Party have severely weakened Cosatu, writes Peter Manson
Second time as farce
02 Apr 2015
The decline of Britain as an imperial power is symbolised by the funeral of Richard III, argues Mike Macnair