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
State propaganda day
01 Jul 2010
Jim Gilbert looks at the establishment's 'non-political' mobilisation behind the Afghanistan war effort
Representation, not referendums
01 Jul 2010
The basis of decision-making under the dictatorship of the proletariat is not the same as under communism, argues Mike Macnair
Truth still hidden
24 Jun 2010
Anne Mc Shane examines the failings of the Saville inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings
Voting - present and future
24 Jun 2010
The electoral system we demand under bourgeois rule is not connected to the forms of democratic decision-making we advocate for the future communist society, argues Moshé Machover
War on the working class
24 Jun 2010
The 'nasty medicine' served up by George Osborne and the coalition government will provoke resistance and pull the Labour Party to the left, predicts Eddie Ford
Labour Party and communist strategy
24 Jun 2010
Is there space within Labour to struggle for democracy and a left revival? Peter Manson reports on the CPGB debate
Silence of the left
10 Jun 2010
Should socialists demand tighter gun control? Jim Moody calls for a different approach
Universities or business?
10 Jun 2010
Farzad Houshyar looks at the destructive role of the market in higher education
Use opportunity of Diane Abbott leadership bid
10 Jun 2010
Rightwing scheming as well as John McDonnell's withdrawal has ensured there will be a left candidate for the Labour leadership after all, writes Peter Manson
Where now for the left?
10 Jun 2010
The Labour left has a constant tendency to look to its right for allies, writes Ben Lewis
Victims of British justice
03 Jun 2010
Eddie Ford thinks prisoners should be treated as human beings, and children as children
Holmes and Bannister divide the left vote
03 Jun 2010
The current election for Unison general secretary exposes the failure of the left. Will Pragnell looks at the manoeuvrings of Dave Prentis and the right and urges the left to unite
See no evil, hear no evil
27 May 2010
Ben Lewis is astounded by the PCS call for the state and employers to be granted more power over the workforce in the name of anti-fascism
Electoral reform and communist strategy
27 May 2010
Nick Rogers discusses the democratic forms appropriate to the rule of the working class
Diane Abbott splits left
27 May 2010
Communists want to see the Labour Party completely transformed, writes James Turley