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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

Notes on the war

10 Oct 2024

It has, for the moment, become the forgotten war. Nonetheless, warns Jack Conrad, there is a distinct danger of escalation, even nuclear weapons, not least if the use of British Storm Shadows against Russia has been given the go-ahead

Establishing a principled left

03 Oct 2024

CPGB’s Provisional Central Committee calls for others on the left, individuals and organisations, in Britain and internationally, to discuss and agree this statement with a view to cementing principled unity and furthering the struggle against war and capitalism

Davos on the Mersey

03 Oct 2024

Corporate representatives flocked to attend the Liverpool conference, where they could freely lobby, influence and bribe. Eddie Ford looks at the root-and-branch cynicism, corruption and sectionalism of Labourism

Hidden divisions in Collective

26 Sep 2024

After the ‘private meeting’ of the former Labour leader and a host of other former this and thats, Carla Roberts investigates the disorientation of the soft left and the probable results

Snouts in the trough

26 Sep 2024

Endless freebies, generous donations, lavish hospitality, talk of a ‘nest of vipers’ in No10 - welcome to the new Labour government. Yet again we see how corruption is built into the political system, writes Eddie Ford

Best laid plans go awry

19 Sep 2024

People Before Profit’s long held commitment to supporting a ‘left government’ led by Sinn Féin is heading for the rocks. But, argues Anne McShane, aspirations of becoming junior ministers were always about the lure of careerism and narrow personal advantage

No illusions in Histadrut

12 Sep 2024

There is no possibility of a united Jewish-Arab working class politics at this historic juncture. Meanwhile, Netanyahu is using every and any excuse to keep the war in Gaza going, writes Yassamine Mather

Hip-hoppers with a cause

12 Sep 2024

Billy Clark reviews Rich Peppiatt (director) Kneecap 2024, general release

Government parties rejected

05 Sep 2024

Alternative für Deutschland was the clear winner in state elections and the establishment has been rattled. But what to make of former ‘official communist’ Sahra Wagenknecht and her BSW? Carla Roberts investigates

Things can only get worse

29 Aug 2024

With three of the top five landlords in parliament Labour MPs, we are seeing a petty-bourgeoisification at the top of the party, writes Eddie Ford

End of the beginning

29 Aug 2024

With the Democratic national convention safely wound up, Paul Demarty assesses the presidential race and peers into an uncertain future

At an impasse

22 Aug 2024

Paul Russell looks at the extraordinary difficulties in finding a prime minister who can command a workable majority. However, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally seems quite content to bide its time till the 2027 presidential election

In search of a synthesis

01 Aug 2024

General strikes can be a tactic. But do they amount to a strategy? Steve Bloom calls for a positive resolution of the differences he has with Mike Macnair’s Revolutionary strategy

Donald the Führer?

01 Aug 2024

Liberal hysteria about Trump abolishing presidential elections - even being a new Hitler - sees the BBC acting as mere propagandists for the US Democrats, writes Eddie Ford

A very Labour ban

25 Jul 2024

Eddie Ford welcomes any moves towards promoting public health, but a total ban on smoking - as with the so-called ‘war on drugs’ - is senseless and likely to be counterproductive

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