A threat laid low

Once considered a dangerous radical and traitor, Muhammad Ali died an establishment hero. Paul Demarty wonders what this says about our era

False premise; Stalinist; Material basis; Called it wrong; Time and space; Trust Cameron; Fenland Labour

What can early human society teach us about the future? Camilla Power looks at the lessons of primitive communism

Toby Abse reports on last weekend’s local elections

The ban on legal highs results from a moral panic with potentially fatal consequences, warns Eddie Ford

The SACP’s alliance with the ANC is in crisis. Peter Manson reports

Phil Duncan condemns socialists who supported the Bernie Sanders campaign and counterposes it to building a Marxist party

Tony Greenstein is still in one piece following his grilling by a Labour Party witch-hunt apparatchik

The CIA papers have shattered any lingering illusions in the ‘anti-imperialist’ credentials of the Tehran regime, writes Yassamine Mather

Help refresh the funds, recommends Robbie Rix