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
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
The only effective weapon
13 Mar 2014
Life prisoner John Bowden writes from HMP Shotts
Rotten apples, reviews and flowers
13 Mar 2014
The entire police force is institutionally corrupt, says Eddie Ford
Miners' strike: Battle lines drawn
06 Mar 2014
We reprint below our first response to the miners’ strike from an edition of The Leninist
Labour: Unions vote to be distanced
06 Mar 2014
Delegate Charles Gradnitzer reports on Labour’s special conference
Miners' strike: The gathering storm
27 Feb 2014
In the year of the 30th anniversary of the start of the great miners' strike of 1984/5, we present the first of a series of contemporary extracts from our then factional journal The Leninist
Venezuela: Right wing smells blood
27 Feb 2014
What is happening to the Bolivarian revolution? Daniel Harvey calls for working class independence
Italy: New beginning signals further attacks
27 Feb 2014
Renzis administration intends to further erode workers rights, writes Toby Abse
Asbo mania threat
20 Feb 2014
The case of radical Islamic convert, Jordan Horner, may seem insignificant, writes Micky Coulter, but is part of a long-term trend of state attacks on basic freedoms
Italy: The new Tony Blair
20 Feb 2014
The premiership of Matteo Renzi will make the previous government look positively progressive, writes Toby Abse
South Africa: Official ‘communists’ split unions
20 Feb 2014
It is impossible to overstate the crisis facing the SACP, writes Peter Manson