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
A poisoned chalice
30 Mar 2023
The SNP leadership election was a close-run thing. But what now for Humza Yousaf? Scott Evans looks at the diminishing options
Turning retreat into attack
23 Mar 2023
Why are so many trade union officials settling for below-inflation deals? Kevin Bean says unions must be democratised, and renewed strength used to beat Rishi Sunak’s latest anti-trade union legislation
A fruitless crown
23 Mar 2023
The contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon has proved unexpectedly fraught. Scott Evans reports on a movement that has run out of options
Striking for pay restoration
16 Mar 2023
Richard Galen welcomes the growing influence of the left amongst junior doctors and how this had led to a surge in BMA membership
Dictating to power
16 Mar 2023
Marc Mulholland discusses the importance of the vote, the inadequacies of taxing the rich and why the path to working class power lies through extreme democracy
American death trip
16 Mar 2023
The war on drugs has been a horrendous failure. So, asks Daniel Lazare, why do governments remain hooked on repression?
Silent and supine
16 Mar 2023
Kevin Bean looks at the shameful official left and the split between Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell over the Ukraine war
Let’s be beastly to foreigners
16 Mar 2023
The Illegal Migration Bill is the opening shot of the Tory general election campaign, writes Eddie Ford
Victory for pundits’ union
16 Mar 2023
The BBC’s brief ‘free speech’ war with Gary Lineker shows up its own institutional weakness - and the strange moral situation of football itself - argues Paul Demarty
Made for each other
09 Mar 2023
Kevin Bean looks beyond Tory faux outrage about Sir Keir appointing Sue Gray as chief-of-staff, and asks what it means for the prospects of the official left
Stupidity and score-settling
09 Mar 2023
What was Matt Hancock thinking about when he handed a vast trove of WhatsApp messages over to a notoriously mercenary journalist? Paul Demarty looks over the ‘lockdown files’
Now it’s Ukrainians
09 Mar 2023
The Nord Stream story continues to grow ever more complex and strange. Daniel Lazare attempts to cut through the confusion
Bakhmut is hell on earth
09 Mar 2023
Both sides seem determined to send ever greater numbers into the human meat-grinder. The battle owes more to symbolism than strategic calculation, writes Eddie Ford
Xi and John and Yoko
02 Mar 2023
China’s 12-point plan has not been welcomed in Washington, Brussels or Moscow. But, asks Paul Demarty, should communists join the pacifist camp?
Not a minor issue
02 Mar 2023
Marching with Zionists, excusing Zionism and standing in solidarity with Palestine. Tony Greenstein investigates the contradictions generated by crass opportunism