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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

Centuries of Stalinism?

22 May 2025

What is the nature of the transition from capitalism to communism? In the first of a series, Mike Macnair begins with the ideas of the 1950s Fourth International and how ‘official communists’ see things today

Small island prospects

15 May 2025

As expected the ruling party has just been re-elected. However, what are the chances for the left and the working class within the confines of a tiny authoritarian city state with an AAA credit rating that serves as a financial hub and tax haven? Billy Clark gives his take on things

Breaking the mould?

08 May 2025

Last week saw major gains for Reform UK - but is Nigel Farage’s outfit about to replace the Tories? They have, after all, been in perpetual chaos for years. Paul Demarty is sceptical

Following the sign of the zigzag

01 May 2025

Peter Taaffe died on April 23 2025. While there can be no doubt about his dedication to what he understood by socialism, there was little or nothing consistent, when it came to his strategic ideas. In many ways, argues Jack Conrad, he embodied all that is wrong with today’s confessional sects

Case of judicial usurpation

24 Apr 2025

The Supreme Court decision on the legal definition of ‘woman’ poses more questions than it answers, but there can be no doubt that it marks a huge victory for the Tory Party and the rightwing media, says Mike Macnair

Socialism and star power

18 Apr 2025

Owen Jones gets it wrong: the bourgeois media’s idea of leadership offers the left no shortcut to power, argues Paul Demarty. We need a party that is democratic, principled and mass

Labourism without Labour

03 Apr 2025

Strikes and streets are not the be-all and end-all of class politics, agrees Jack Conrad. But, when it comes to ‘We Demand Change’ and standing in elections, the SWP has nothing that resembles a principled programme

No sign of spring

03 Apr 2025

Cuts, cuts and more cuts. Michael Roberts examines Labour’s continuation of the last government’s programme of austerity, with one notable exception - spending on war

The snowball effect

20 Mar 2025

Mike Macnair details the long and difficult road to the 1875 Gotha congress of the ‘Eisenacher’ SDAP and ‘Lassallean’ ADAV. With unity there was an organisational take-off and an ability to survive harsh state repression

Sturgeon no more

20 Mar 2025

Talented, personable, politically astute and, in the end, a complete failure. Scott Evans looks at the rise and fall of Scotland’s former first minister

Notes on America

20 Mar 2025

Donald Trump’s administration is contemplating a grand reordering of global finance and trade. Europe will suffer, but, argues Jack Conrad, China is the main target

Big trouble in Little England

13 Mar 2025

Though riding high in the polls, Reform UK has been plunged into recriminations. Paul Demarty assesses the party’s prospects after the Rupert Lowe affair

Abdullah Öcalan’s statement

06 Mar 2025

Ending armed resistance

06 Mar 2025

There is a new phase opening up along with new challenges. Esen Uslu explains the call for the PKK to lay down arms and dissolve itself in favour of ‘normal’ political activity

Searching for the master key

06 Mar 2025

Trump’s administration promises to release files on John F Kennedy, Jeffrey Epstein and others - but so far substance is lacking. Paul Demarty delves into the role of pseudo-disclosures in the American mind

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