Democracy & State
Overcoming the enemies within
Bercow’s coup settles nothing
21 Mar 2019
As the chaos continues, Paul Demarty considers the state of British ‘democracy’
Reactionary and dangerous
21 Mar 2019
Mike Macnair condemns Sajid Javid’s cheap grandstanding and critiques proposals to ‘modernise’ treason law
Foul residue of colonialism
21 Mar 2019
Rex Dunn examines how the culture and politics of New Zealand and Australia contributed to the Christchurch massacre
Maggots, Marxists and Muslims
21 Mar 2019
Like Anders Breivik, the Christchurch killer has a programmatic world view. Eddie Ford looks at the fascistic idealism of Brenton Tarrant
Reinstate Peter Gregson
14 Mar 2019
The use of the IHRA ‘definition’ of anti-Semitism to expel a union activist marks a new low, writes David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists
Follow my leader
14 Mar 2019
Whatever happened to the democratic exchange of ideas? William Sarsfield reports on the CLPD’s March 9 AGM
Corbyn should speak up
14 Mar 2019
Labour HQ has decided upon yet more suspensions. Carla Roberts reports on the appalling consequences of appeasement
Hitting the reset button?
14 Mar 2019
Now that Theresa May’s deal has been defeated for a second time and MPs have voted against ‘no deal’, Eddie Ford says almost anything can happen in the short term. But in the longer term the expectations of the Brexiteers will surely be betrayed
Their next move
07 Mar 2019
Jack Conrad warns that the Labour right is looking to considerably extend the scope of the witch-hunt. Their big idea is to net socialism and even anti-capitalism
Fake outrage, fake accusations
07 Mar 2019
The civil war in the Labour Party is at a critical stage, writes Carla Roberts
Step forward, Mr Johnson?
07 Mar 2019
With splits in the ERG, writes Eddie Ford, does Theresa May now have a chance of scraping her deal through the Commons? It seems unlikely
Moving the cliff edge
28 Feb 2019
Theresa May has kicked the can down the road yet again. Eddie Ford looks at the latest twists and turns
Commitment and collectivity
28 Feb 2019
René Gimpel continues his examination of the conflict between Jean-Paul Sartre’s political and philosophical passions
Getting trigger happy
28 Feb 2019
What does the formation of the so-called Independent Group and the suspension of Chris Williamson tell us about the balance of forces? William Sarsfield of Labour Party Marxists gives his view
Hundreds of hard-core anti-Semites?
28 Feb 2019
Suspending Chris Williamson MP is an outrage, writes Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists