Micky Coulter
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Fragmentation of election picture
CPGB members have been discussing the May 5 elections and the forthcoming EU referendum. Mickey Coulter reports
End of accountability
Total academisation of schooling was always the logical next step, says Micky Coulter
Politics and organisation
The CPGB AGM looked back at the past year and forward to our current tasks. Mickey Coulter reports
Left Unity and its future
October’s aggregate of CPGB members saw discussion on Left Unity’s prospects and the blind alley of left Keynesianism. Micky Coulter reports
From internet to the steel city
Red Labour, a group previously found only on social media, has taken physical form in Sheffield, reports Micky Coulter
Politics without the personal is non-politics
Censuring the ‘bullying’ Weekly Worker for reporting events in Leeds is not what LU’s executive should be up to, says Micky Coulter
Sectarian anti-sectarianism
The fallout from Greece and an attempt to boot out Workers Power have aroused passions in Yorkshire Left Unity. Mickey Coulter and Tina Becker report
Gone too tsar
How should ‘disruptive behaviour’ in schools be tackled? Mickey Coulter comments on the tendency to look to newly empowered bureaucrats for a solution
Heat, light and confusion
Sheffield LU comrades have been debating with Tusc. Mickey Coulter reports
A model and its limits
Mickey Coulter took part in a debate on ‘Syriza and the European left’, hosted by Sheffield Left Unity
No magic bullet
Mickey Coulter reports from the Yorkshire regional committee.
An education fit for human beings?
Micky Coulter analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the LU policy
Green-tinted glasses
Despite the membership figures and the hype, notes Micky Coulter, the Green Party's increased popularity is not a sign of good times to come for socialists
Social mobility, my arse
Recent propaganda in favour of grammar schools is nonsense, says Micky Coulter
Playing on the fields of Eton
The shadow education secretary has been accused of fighting the class war. Not true, says Micky Coulter, but Labour does have a class-based strategy
Positive and realistic
Yorkshire and Humber regional committee met last weekend. Mickey Coulter reports
Not European left’s historic moment
Syriza’s speaker at Left Unity’s conference expressed unbounded optimism, but, says Micky Coulter, such hype is dangerous
Syriza: Process of accommodation
Greece gave the world democracy, but will Syriza give us socialism? Not in the opinion of Micky Coulter
Gove, but not forgotten
Though demoted within the cabinet, Michael Gove’s programme for education continues. Mikey Coulter assesses the ‘revolution’ in education
Gaza: Resorting to smears
Protests against the assault on Gaza have been met with charges of outright anti-Semitism by defenders of Israel, writes Micky Coulter
CPGB aggregate: Arguments strengthened
Micky Coulter reports on an impassioned debate between CPGB members
Asbo mania threat
The case of radical Islamic convert, Jordan Horner, may seem insignificant, writes Micky Coulter, but is part of a long-term trend of state attacks on basic freedoms
Aggregate: Improving our democracy
Micky Coulter reports on the February 9 meeting of CPGB members
Aiming for the big time
Nigel Farage is in the process of rebranding his party in an attempt to shed its protest vote image. Micky Coulter wonders what his chances are
CPGB Aggregate: Political weapon
Micky Coulter gives a brief update from the recent CPGB aggregate