Derek James
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Had the Experience
Judy Carosian reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund
Cosying up to Sir Keir
Derek James reports on the split in the Socialist Campaign Group and the prospects for the ‘insider’ strategy
Will ye no come back?
Amidst rumours of Jeremy Corbyn being set to launch a new party, Derek James asks why so many on the left are still in thrall to Corbynism
Sheen comes off bluster and boosterism
Derek James looks at the stunning Tory rebellion over Covid-19 safety measures and Labour’s lead in the polls
Shuffling further to right
Derek James assesses Sir Keir’s new shadow cabinet, the cowardice of the official left and the danger of both Corbyn and McDonnell being expelled
Merging into a cul-de-sac
Derek James of Labour Party Marxists argues that this is no time to give up on the fight against the witch-hunt. Nor will the attempt to form an amorphous socialist movement get anywhere
Time for a rethink
Derek James rounds on John McDonnell for his pusillanimity and the official left for its silence over the expulsion of Graham Bash
Feeding the revolving door
Andrew Byrne, Gerald Wiley and Derek James report on an all too carefully choreographed event staged by the Socialist Appeal comrades
Right firmly in control
The Labour left is still clutching at unity and refusing to face up to defeat. Derek James of Labour Party Marxists looks at the sorry results
Sir Keir’s second eleven
Derek James says keeping heads down does not amount to a viable strategy
Waiting for the axe
With the Brighton conference about to begin, Derek James of Labour Party Marxists looks at a confused left and the failure to confront a witch-hunt that began not with Keir Starmer, but Jeremy Corbyn
Limbering up for Brighton
Derek James of Labour Party Marxists assesses the prospects for the left at the party’s annual conference
weapon forged in lies
Derek James calls upon the left to show courage and refute every false accusation with the truth
Tackling the key issues
From free speech to climate change. Derek James reports on this year’s Summer Communist University
Sir Keir’s ritual sacrifice
Derek James of Labour Party Marxists says the official left’s passive response to the latest upping of the witch-hunt is a direct result of careerism and narrow electoralism
Sir Keir’s road to Brighton
Organisations can be banned, but powerful ideas still live and flourish. Derek James of Labour Party Marxists reports on the growing opposition to the latest stage of the witch-hunt
Masks for Freedom Day
Derek James has no time for the government’s mixed messaging or Starmer’s constructive opposition
Politics not as usual
After Batley and Spen, Derek James reports on debates over Labour’s prospects and amending our programme
A meeting of two halves
We are a campaign for free speech: good. But we are not a Labour campaign: bad. Derek James of Labour Party Marxists reports
So runs the tide
Will the DUP be able to restore its former dominance under its new leader? Derek James is doubtful
Penny-pinching boosterism
Lots of soundbites, no joined-up thinking. Derek James looks at the poverty of the latest ‘great debate’
‘Anti-Semitism’ and culture wars
Derek James links the press attacks on the mass demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians to a wider Tory offensive
Where next after May 6?
Derek James reports on last weekend’s online meeting of CPGB and LPM comrades
Ulster unionism in crisis
Brexit, together with shifts in both population and political allegiances, means that something now has to give, reckons Derek James
No split in army - yet
Derek James details the brutal response to the mass protest movement in Colombia and what needs to be done to avoid yet another failure
Coups, putsches and revolutions
Not only real, but counterfactual history too, can provide valuable political insights. Derek James reports on the Spring Communist University, held over the long bank holiday weekend of April 30-May 3
Chatham House ‘left’
Who stands for what and who says what - such basic information should not be treated as the private property of a select few. Derek James calls for openness
Hollow man for hollow times
With Labour facing a string of defeats on May 6, Derek James looks at the continuing problems facing Keir Starmer
Ghost dancers of loyalism
Riots in the Six Counties confirm once again that the Good Friday agreement settled nothing, writes Derek James
Tip of an iceberg
Bribery, fraud, nepotism and graft are all endemic to the bourgeois order, writes Derek James
Focus on big questions
Tory commissioners should concentrate minds, writes Derek James of Labour Party Marxists
Getting our act together
Derek James of Labour Party Marxists welcomes the coming together of the Labour left. However, the cause of unity must go hand-in-hand with principle
Defend David Miller
Championing unrestricted freedom of speech does not imply political agreement. Derek James of Labour Party Marxists explains