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
Who will fill the vacuum?
04 Jun 2015
There is no viable radical left alternative, writes Toby Abse
Dishing out the Blairite gruel
04 Jun 2015
At last a Labour leftwinger throws his hat in the ring. Eddie Ford comments on the Labour leadership contest
Doing war differently
28 May 2015
Does today’s workers’ movement need its own ‘self-denying ordinance’? Mike Macnair looks to the lessons of the New Model Army
Misreaders and misleaders
28 May 2015
With ideas of paying everyone an unconditional basic income gaining some credence on the left, Chris Gray looks at the inter-war social credit movement
Banging the Blairite drum
28 May 2015
Eddie Ford is less than thrilled by the leadership candidates on offer
Loyalists ready to walk
28 May 2015
With Marikana about to dominate the headlines once more, Peter Manson reports on the ongoing Cosatu crisis
Yellow union given the boot
21 May 2015
Car workers say, ‘Enough is enough’. Esen Uslu reports on the mood of optimism
Some hard thinking is needed
21 May 2015
After the general election the left needs to do more than carry on protesting, argues Jack Conrad
Aspiring to what?
14 May 2015
Blairites are flying the flag for ‘aspiration’ - a subject about which they know nothing, argues Paul Demarty
Dangerous delusions
14 May 2015
Ukip is far from ‘defeated’, says Tina Becker - but that does not stop sections of the left talking nonsense
Out come the Blairites
14 May 2015
As the results rolled in the ghosts of New Labour began to rise. Charles Gradnitzer of Labour Party Marxists reports
No swing to the right
14 May 2015
One word explains Labour’s defeat, writes Eddie Ford - Scotland
Just a waste of money?
07 May 2015
The hype surrounding the birth of Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Windsor once again shows that we need to fight for a different world, says Tina Becker
This charming man
07 May 2015
Ben Macintyre A spy among friends: Kim Philby and the great betrayal Bloomsbury, 2014, pp354, £18
Avoiding bacon sandwiches
07 May 2015
Don’t incur the wrath - or mockery - of the press, warns Eddie Ford