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
Round one to Miliband
10 May 2012
Labour is obviously pleased with the outcome of last week's local elections - but the government is not as weak as it looks, writes Paul Demarty
Sectarian stumbling block
03 May 2012
Anne McShane reports on the future of the Irish ULA
Abolish the second chamber
03 May 2012
Whether partly elected or not, the House of Lords will continue to impose checks and balances against democracy, writes Peter Manson
Murdoch bites back
03 May 2012
The News International owner has his moment of revenge on David Cameron writes Paul Demarty - but the establishment is the real victim
Like looking for a needle in a haystack
26 Apr 2012
Peter Manson calls for critical support for Ken Livingstone, for Labour anti-cuts candidates and for all those standing on a left, working class platform
How not to fight Tory smears
26 Apr 2012
The tax row between Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson reveals the limits of Labour's individual moralism, argues Eddie Ford
Antifa, nationalism and democracy
26 Apr 2012
Maciej Zurowski interviews Freerk Huisken - until his recent retirement a lecturer at the University of Bremen - about his new book
Crisis and creeping despair
26 Apr 2012
From the killing spree by a lucid yet paranoid Anders Breivik to the increase in private and public suicides in austerity Europe Paul Demarty asks, what is capitalism doing to our minds?
Disappointing result for left
26 Apr 2012
The far-left in France underwhelms as the hard-right advances and the mainstream parties sit about equal after the first round of voting in the general election. Jean-Michel Edwin takes the scene apart.
Günter Grass and the German neurosis
19 Apr 2012
Maciej Zurowski looks at a literary scandal and the bourgeoisie's attempt to cope with its past
Lega reaches end of road
19 Apr 2012
Toby Abse reports on the scandal that has engulfed the main Italian far-right regionalist party
Charities up in alms
19 Apr 2012
George Osborne's tax changes have been criticised for threatening charity in this country - if only, laments Paul Demarty
One fight, inside and out
12 Apr 2012
What are the tasks of communists in relation to the Labour Party? Mike Macnair answers some key questions
Expecting the unexpected
12 Apr 2012
The euro crisis never went away. But resistance to austerity is certain to intensify, says Eddie Ford
The creep of the secret state
12 Apr 2012
Paul Demarty takes a look at the latest moves towards greater state monitoring of electronic communication