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
Ghost dancers of loyalism
15 Apr 2021
Riots in the Six Counties confirm once again that the Good Friday agreement settled nothing, writes Derek James
Labour’s latest Waterloo
15 Apr 2021
The defeat of the campaign for union recognition at Amazon is not as straightforward as might be thought, argues Daniel Lazare
Grief at gunpoint
15 Apr 2021
The coverage of Philip Windsor’s death has reached new heights of absurdity, even for British royals, argues Paul Demarty
The opportunist prince
15 Apr 2021
He was a typical European high aristocrat, but one who chose his side - and his bride - well, writes Eddie Ford
After 47 years
08 Apr 2021
The convictions of the Shrewsbury 24 have at last been quashed. There was a conspiracy - between the employers, the police and the Tory government. Bernard Mattson reports
Nationalist dreams and nightmares
08 Apr 2021
Mike Macnair reviews 'Workers and nationalism: Czech and German Social Democracy in Habsburg Austria, 1890-1918' by JS Beneš and 'The Fiume crisis: life in the wake of the Habsburg empire' by DK Reill
Royalty and the Reich
08 Apr 2021
Eddie Ford reviews Channel 4's 'Queen Elizabeth and the spy in the palace', directed by Andy Webb
Tip of an iceberg
08 Apr 2021
Bribery, fraud, nepotism and graft are all endemic to the bourgeois order, writes Derek James
How to be gaslit
08 Apr 2021
Anger is an insufficient response to the Sewell report, argues Paul Demarty. The left needs its own critique of liberal anti-racism
Focus on big questions
01 Apr 2021
Tory commissioners should concentrate minds, writes Derek James of Labour Party Marxists
The Zingaretti aberration
01 Apr 2021
Not surprisingly, the attempt to reinvent social democracy came to nothing. The rightward drift is now set to continue. Toby Abse looks at the dysfunctional parties, factions, fiefdoms and tokenistic gestures which dominate electoral politics
Blasphemy laws old and new
01 Apr 2021
Freedom of speech includes the right to criticise, explain and even mock, insists Eddie Ford
Getting our act together
25 Mar 2021
Derek James of Labour Party Marxists welcomes the coming together of the Labour left. However, the cause of unity must go hand-in-hand with principle
Protecting death factories
25 Mar 2021
Tony Greenstein reports on his arrest and week-long detention over a planned direct‑action protest against Elbit, a notorious Israeli arms company
Police Bill spin
25 Mar 2021
Mike Macnair says the ‘Old Corruption’ of the 18th and 19th centuries is returning and we need to respond accordingly