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
Shoot the messenger
22 Sep 2011
Bourgeois political power is not as unassailable as they would like us to think. Our rulers can be relied upon, periodically, to split. James Turley looks at the botched attempt of the Metropolitan Police to use the Official Secrets Act
Side with working class or, in the name of god, go
15 Sep 2011
The TUC congress represented a positive step towards united working class resistance against coalition attacks, writes Peter Manson
A triumphant victory?
08 Sep 2011
Claire Fisher and Maciej Zurowski report on the English Defence League demonstration in east London and the response of anti-fascists
Market logic challenged by eight-hour general strike
08 Sep 2011
This week the increasingly moribund government of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has faced simultaneous attacks on two fronts: from the speculators and the European Central Bank, on the one hand; and from a general strike by the most militant section of Italy's organised working class, on the other. Toby Abse reports
Aftermath of August
01 Sep 2011
Eddie Ford looks at the response to the UK riots, both from the establishment and the left
A fleeting moment of power, pure joy and fulfilment
11 Aug 2011
Our movement needs to provide hope for a generation of young people who have lost all hope - that can only be done by making real our vision of working class rule and socialism, argues Peter Manson
Tottenham protest sparked it all
11 Aug 2011
Maciej Zurowski encountered angry locals and grinning cops
Labour debate: diversionary and doomed to fail
11 Aug 2011
Labour is not moving to the left or opening up, says Chris Strafford. We need a rethink and a plan B
Labour debate: repackaging of a tenuous argument
11 Aug 2011
James Turley responds to Chris Strafford
Giving up on Unison
04 Aug 2011
Members of the Socialist Party in England and Wales employed by two local councils in London have resigned from Britain's largest public sector union. Peter Manson sees a parallel in SPEW's abandonment of Labour
First they came for the anarchists
04 Aug 2011
Maciej Zurowski spoke to Donnacha DeLong, anarchist and NUJ President
Union mergers need democracy
04 Aug 2011
With the RMT and TSSA moving towards a merger, Chris Strafford calls for democratic unity from below in the workers' movement
British jobs for British workers?
28 Jul 2011
The struggle for jobs at Bombardier must not be diverted by sectionalism or nationalism, urges Peter Manson
Still on outside
28 Jul 2011
Unions remain banned by Rupert Murdoch. Julia Owlerton reports on the NUJ's attempt to get back into News International and the inadequacy of the union left
Norway massacre and state bans
28 Jul 2011
We have no problem with self-defence, writes Michael Copestake