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
UKIP: Part of mainstream chauvinist consensus
22 May 2014
Getting jittery, the Tory machine and large sections of the media are attacking the ‘unBritish’ Ukip. Eddie Ford is not surprised
Birmingham schools panic: Horses for courses
22 May 2014
The Birmingham school panic is an ironic product of post-Thatcher Britain, writes Paul Demarty
Miners: Crisis of leadership
22 May 2014
A reprint from the Leninist, forerunner of the WW, on the crucial need for politics
May 22: Vote Tusc, vote left
22 May 2014
In the absence of Labour anti-cuts candidates, Peter Manson calls for critical support for the left in next month’s local elections
SACP plumbs the depths
17 Apr 2014
While the ANC continues to lose support, writes Peter Manson, it still faces no viable opposition from the working class
Ukraine: Peddling absurd fairy tales
17 Apr 2014
Eddie Ford calls for a working class solution that cuts across the rival nationalisms at play in Ukraine
Miners strike: Militants and scabs
10 Apr 2014
Harry Paterson Look back in anger: the miners’ strike in Nottinghamshire 30 years on Five Leaves Publishing, 2014, pp298, £9.99
French election: First the 'red wave', then the blue
10 Apr 2014
Hollande’s electoral humiliation at the hands of the right shows the necessity of independent working class politics, argues Eddie Ford
Unions merger: Questions for Serwotka
10 Apr 2014
A Unite-PCS merger is on the cards. PCS militant Dave Vincent examines the options
Rightwing press rocks the boat
10 Apr 2014
Maria Miller and Nick Clegg suffer for the benefit of reactionary media moguls, writes Paul Demarty
How Thatcher plotted our defeat
27 Mar 2014
Granville Williams (ed) Settling scores: the media, the police and the miners’ strike Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, pp139, £6.99
Turkey government: On its last legs
20 Mar 2014
Erdoğan’s government is rapidly losing control, writes Esen Uslu. But the opposition seems in no shape to take advantage
Electoral reform and Greek gifts
20 Mar 2014
While the new premier seems destined to disappoint, sections of the left have joined forces in a lash-up that looks set to leave workers cold. Toby Abse reports
Other side of border controls
20 Mar 2014
Ben Lewis notes a tragic subplot in the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370
West and Putin up the ante
20 Mar 2014
Mainstream hypocrisy takes some beating, writes Eddie Ford