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Secularism is hostile to state religion, not religion

23 Feb 2012

Separation of church and state is a basic democratic demand bitterly resisted by the British establishment, writes Eddie Ford

Elephant in the room

05 May 2016

While the Labour left is under attack, writes Eddie Ford, why is there no criticism of Zionism?

Zionism and anti-Semitism

05 May 2016

This interview with Israeli communist and Weekly Worker writer Moshé Machover was conducted by the Croatian online publication Slobodni Filozofski

Slurs, lies, innuendos

28 Apr 2016

Defend Malia Bouattia and Naz Shah, urges Tony Greenstein

Smear tactics and our response

14 Apr 2016

To combat the lies, we need our own independent working class media, argues Mike Macnair

Weapon of choice

24 Mar 2016

False accusations are being carefully aimed at Jeremy Corbyn and the left, argues Tony Greenstein

Confusing the question

17 Mar 2016

Tony Greenstein dissects Zionism, Jewish identity and the ‘socialism of fools’

Due process and justice

17 Mar 2016

In the interests of political debate and clarification we publish Gerry Downing’s appeal against his expulsion

Everything in socio-economic context

10 Mar 2016

By equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, the bourgeois establishment is determined to brand a racist anyone who dares criticise the Israeli state. Ahistorically plucking out a few phrases from On the Jewish question, it levels the exact same charge against Marx too. Jack Conrad puts the record straight

Left wing of Zionism

10 Mar 2016

Recent smears of ‘anti-Semitism’ against the left are an echo of similar allegations emanating from within the left, argues Paul Demarty

What will be will be

10 Mar 2016

Michel Houellebecq, Submission, (Translated from the French by Lorin Stein) William Heinemann, 2015, pp256, £18.99

A contested Jesus

17 Dec 2015

Respect the longevity of Christianity, but, says Jack Conrad, separate myth from reality

Two culpable rivals

01 Oct 2015

What lies behind the Mecca tragedy? Yassamine Mather looks at the facts

A gay day for equality

28 May 2015

Anne McShane celebrates the defeat of the Catholic church and calls for the battle for democracy to include the aim of socialism

After the death of Jesus

02 Apr 2015

According to western Christian mythology, Jesus died on Good Friday and came back to life three days later on what we now call Easter Monday. But, argues Jack Conrad, Jesus and his first followers were not Christians, but Jewish revolutionaries. It was Paul who invented Christianity

The new normal

19 Feb 2015

As Denmark becomes the latest staging ground for Islamist atrocities, Paul Demarty asks how the left can confront the growth of religious reaction

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