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
Shared island or democratic republic?
24 Sep 2020
Sinn Féin is relying on demographics and opposition to Brexit. James Harvey gives his take on the reunification debate
Accidents do happen
24 Sep 2020
Eddie Ford suspects that Boris Johnson’s attempt to undermine the Brexit withdrawal agreement means he is gambling on a second-term Trump presidency
Perception, pretence and reality
17 Sep 2020
The old system did not collapse, argues Hillel Ticktin: the elite decided to kill it off
Class struggle and reunification
17 Sep 2020
James Harvey exposes the economistic and pro-imperialist politics that lie behind the seemingly innocuous call for Labour to stand candidates in Northern Ireland
Return of the Denim Revolution
04 Sep 2020
Have no illusions in the western-backed Belarus opposition, warns Eddie Ford
For the right to free speech
13 Aug 2020
Labour Against the Witchhunt has produced this submission to Labour’s Forde inquiry into the leaked report on the handling of alleged ‘anti-Semitism’
Poor, huddled and desperate
13 Aug 2020
The Tory Party and sections of the press are whipping up a panic about ‘invading’ migrants, writes Eddie Ford
Destroyed by fake ‘anti-Semitism’
30 Jul 2020
The pro-Starmer right has succeeded in bringing down Brighton and Hove’s Labour administration, writes Tony Greenstein
Palestine, payments and purges
30 Jul 2020
Starmer is out to prove that Labour can be relied upon as a safe alternative party of government, argues David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists
On a wing and a prayer
23 Jul 2020
Like you, Eddie Ford is sceptical about things ‘returning to normal’ by Christmas
Woman bites dog
23 Jul 2020
What was that about ‘western values’? Paul Demarty looks at the Shamima Begum case
Stalin as historian
23 Jul 2020
David Brandenberger has painstakingly studied the writing and editing of the famous Short course. Khrushchev’s account of Stalin simply wanting to feed his own personality cult is badly misleading
What will remain of democracy?
23 Jul 2020
With Trump now employing paramilitary forces, writes Daniel Lazare, the signs are not good
A contradictory formation
16 Jul 2020
Bob Davies of Labour Party Marxists regrets that some ‘revolutionaries’ support the careers of career politicians and oppose republican and democratic demands
Establishment champion
09 Jul 2020
Mark Kosman looks at Keir Starmer’s transition from ‘Marxist’ to ‘cop in an expensive suit’