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
Winston Churchill: A reactionary bigot
02 May 2013
Thatcher has been compared to Winston Churchill, and quite rightly - both were virulently anti-working class. Eddie Ford looks at Churchill's toxic legacy
Aiming for the big time
25 Apr 2013
Nigel Farage is in the process of rebranding his party in an attempt to shed its protest vote image. Micky Coulter wonders what his chances are
Thatcher sanctification: The new Churchill?
25 Apr 2013
Attempts to elevate Margaret Thatcher into a national hero are unlikely to succeed, writes Peter Manson
Italian election: Ex-‘official communists’ in disarray
25 Apr 2013
Toby Abse reports on the fallout following the re-election of president Napolitano
Labour Party: Murdoch’s Blairite offensive
25 Apr 2013
Is Ed Miliband moving left? Mike Macnair examines what lies behind the campaign run by The Times
Lee Rock interview: Fight against victimisation
18 Apr 2013
Lee Rock, a principled grassroots rep in the Public and Commercial Services union, was dismissed for unsatisfactory attendance in February. PCS believes he was sacked primarily because of his union role at the Sheffield contact centre. He spoke to Tina Becker about his campaign for reinstatement
Thatcher funeral: A woman who was hated
18 Apr 2013
Thatchers elaborate funeral has been used by the rightwing establishment to elevate her into national sainthood. Meanwhile unofficial Britain welcomes her death, says Eddie Ford
Capitalist decline: Thatcher in history
18 Apr 2013
Jack Conrad explores the conditions which created Margaret Thatcher and takes issue with the great person version of history
Thatcher: Obituary
11 Apr 2013
The politics of revenge are understandable, but futile, argues Peter Manson. It is not individual representatives of capitalism that need getting: it is capitalism itself
Italian political paralysis: Another papal conclave
11 Apr 2013
Toby Abse reports on the backstabbing and intrigue, as Italian politics remains in paralysis
Paolo Di Canio: Explicable politics of extremism
11 Apr 2013
Opponents of Paolo Di Canios appointment as Sunderland manager have been voicing a set of highly blinkered ideas and strategies, argues Lawrence Parker
Scottish independence: Those wanting a break-up will be disappointed, whatever outcome
04 Apr 2013
What position should communists take on next years referendum? Sarah McDonald urges a boycott
Welfare cuts: Housing should be a basic human right
04 Apr 2013
The cuts to housing benefit are cruel and irrational, says Michael Copestake
Syriza in London: Tsipras and his reformist alternative
28 Mar 2013
With sections of the left looking to Greece for an example of the kind of organisation we need, Callum Williamson went to hear what the Syriza leader had to say
Leveson and media: Long live the free press
28 Mar 2013
It is possible that the new press regulations will be dead on arrival - and just as well, writes Paul Demarty