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
High drama at No10
19 Nov 2020
The departure of Cummings and Cain was about far more than personalities, says James Harvey
An arm of the state
19 Nov 2020
David Goodhart’s appointment to the EHRC reveals the truth about the quango and its wretched report into ‘Labour anti-Semitism’, says Eddie Ford
Quinlan or Vargas?
19 Nov 2020
As a judicial inquiry commences into the surveillance of activist groups, Paul Demarty explains why the workers’ movement must fight to replace the police with a popular militia
Cutting through the cant
19 Nov 2020
Because there is so much confusion, because there are so many futile attempts to conciliate, it is all the more necessary to take a principled stand. Bob Davies reports on the motions, debates and decisions
Stonewalling unionism hankers after direct rule
12 Nov 2020
There needs to be a democratic and internationalist answer to the ever-growing demand for independence, says Eddie Ford
Pivot back to Europe
12 Nov 2020
James Harvey asks what a Biden presidency might mean for relations with Boris Johnson’s Britain
What Keir created, Keir can destroy
12 Nov 2020
With the official left suffering from Stockholm syndrome, Jack Conrad argues that, while the struggle in the Labour Party is important, it is far from central. This is an edited version of an opening given to the November 8 Online Communist Forum
Freedom of speech
05 Nov 2020
Open letter to the Labour leader, Labour Disputes and Labour Legal Queries
Putting Zionism in charge
05 Nov 2020
Outsourcing of ‘anti-Semitism’ training and disciplinary procedures to the likes of the Jewish Labour Movement must be opposed, writes Eddie Ford
Myths of unity and disunity
05 Nov 2020
The EHRC report demonstrates the bankruptcy of the official Labour left’s appeasement of the right, argues Paul Demarty
Dogs that didn’t bark
05 Nov 2020
James Harvey of Labour Party Marxists gives the reasons why the official left’s response has been so feeble to Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension
Smugglers and snakeheads
29 Oct 2020
Advocating non-racist immigration controls not only means lining up with national chauvinism, argues Eddie Ford. It is also self-defeating
Gambling on chlorinated chicken
22 Oct 2020
Boris Johnson seems to be playing a high-risk game of poker with the EU. Eddie Ford looks at the latest Brexit developments
Eyes on exits
22 Oct 2020
Paul Demarty examines the rising support for independence, and the tasks of the internationalist left
Cowardly fake left peddles lies
22 Oct 2020
James Harvey presents Labour Party Marxists’ recommendations for the national executive committee elections