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
Coup that never was
13 Nov 2014
The campaign against Ed Miliband is part of a long tradition, writes Eddie Ford
Threat of witch-hunt averted
13 Nov 2014
Stan Keable reports on the Labour Representation Committee’s November 8 annual conference
A pseudo-democratic caricature
06 Nov 2014
The problem is not the House of Lords’ London bias, or even its unelected character: there should be no second chamber, argues Paul Demarty
Organise the militant minority
06 Nov 2014
The attacks on the miners were aimed at breaking organised labour in general; but union bureaucrats failed to rise to the challenge of building mass solidarity. Jack Conrad argued for a rank-and-file movement in this Leninist reprint
Class struggle intensifies
06 Nov 2014
Toby Abse reports on both verbal and physical clashes, as workers resist the latest attacks from ‘Italy’s Tony Blair’
Supplement: Labour Party Marxists No.5
30 Oct 2014
A special supplement from our friends at LPM
Jack Collins: We could swamp them
30 Oct 2014
In 1984 The Leninist interviewed Jack Collins, area secretary of Kent NUM who went on to become disillusioned with the CPGB leadership
Child abuse: Adding insult to injury
30 Oct 2014
Theresa May’s decision to make Lady Woolf the new head of the child abuse inquiry could turn out to be deeply embarrassing, writes Eddie Ford
Branson’s pickle
30 Oct 2014
Noreen Branson History of the Communist Party of Great Britain 1927-1941 Lawrence and Wishart, 2014, pp376, £17.99; and History of the Communist Party of Great Britain 1941-1951 Lawrence and Wishart, 1997, pp262, £14.99
Marching in defence of article 18
30 Oct 2014
Last weekend’s mass mobilisation in Rome was inspiring, writes Toby Abse. But will trade union militancy be enough?
Cometh the Brand?
30 Oct 2014
Russell Brand’s anarchistic leftism is sincere enough, but his unlikely importance speaks volumes about the left’s weakness, says Paul Demarty
TUC demo: Boost to confidence
23 Oct 2014
Looking to a Labour government for salvation is a hopeless perspective, argues Peter Manson
Lech Wałęsa and Thatcher, the wise and brave woman
23 Oct 2014
While The Leninist's critique of Stalinism was still developing, it had no hesitation in calling the export of Polish coal to Britain during the miner's strike a scab act.
A dangerous game
23 Oct 2014
David Cameron’s appeasement of the Eurosceptic right could backfire dramatically, warns Paul Demarty
UKIP: Something to smile about
16 Oct 2014
Last week’s by-elections have proved once and for all that Nigel Farage and his party are a force to be reckoned with, notes Paul Demarty