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
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
Pox on both houses
20 Feb 2014
What is the communist stance in relation to the Scottish referendum? Sarah McDonald urges a boycott
Labour: Everything to play for
20 Feb 2014
The fight for the soul of the Labour Party has only just begun. Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists reports on the Collins review
South Africa: Opposition in disarray
13 Feb 2014
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, is facing jail for fraud
South Africa: Phase within phase ... but capitalism is the end result
13 Feb 2014
Attempts to create a viable governmental alternative are in tatters, writes Peter Manson, leaving the ANC free to pursue the second phase of the national democratic revolution
Labour: Another Blairite collaborator
06 Feb 2014
Paul Demarty wonders why Sally Morgan of Ofsted was allowed to collaborate with Gove in the first place
Labour: Democracy versus patronage
06 Feb 2014
The stench of leader loyalty hangs over the Collins proposals to mend Labours trade union link, writes Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists
Italy: Back into the centre of politics
06 Feb 2014
Haggling over the new electoral law has given the former premier some breathing space, writes Toby Abse
Ukraine: Great power tug of war
06 Feb 2014
The US and the EU are on one side, Russia is on the other; the human victims are the Ukrainian population, writes Eddie Ford