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
Pause for thought
16 Dec 2010
We do not live in a democracy, we live in a 'rule of law' state, argues Mike Macnair
The fear of unity
16 Dec 2010
Eager for ammunition, the SWP has delighted in the NSSN's looming split. James Turley reports
The second death of Liberal England
09 Dec 2010
The weakness of the Liberal Democrats benefits the Tories more than the workers' movement, argues James Turley
Tyneside bairn goes ghost dancing
09 Dec 2010
Tom Pickard reviews David Douglass's 'Ghost dancers: the miners' last generation part 3: Stardust and coaldust' Christiebooks, 2010, pp540, £12.95
Unison and the politics of class
09 Dec 2010
Why does a leading member of Socialist Resistance give her backing to a free-market attack on the disabled and elderly? Tony Greenstein reports on Unison's support for the 'personalisation' of care
Their finest hour?
09 Dec 2010
The end of World War II saw an angry rebellion developing among the 'official' Communist Party's rank and file, writes Lawrence Parker
Rattled by Wikileaks
02 Dec 2010
The latest revelations expose imperialist plans against Iran and the whole rotten business of hidden diplomacy. Eddie Ford calls for freedom of information
Debating the anti-cuts fight and Labour strategy
02 Dec 2010
Members and supporters of the CPGB met on November 28. Jim Gilbert reports
Wedding of mass distraction
25 Nov 2010
Everyone from Ed Miliband to Johnny Rotten is looking forward to a "bit of flag-waving". Eddie Ford calls for a militant republican response
A Militant take on the Great Strike of 1984-85
25 Nov 2010
David Douglass reviews Ian Isaacs's 'When we were miners' Ken Smith Press, 2010, pp180, £7.99
After Millbank: the way forward
18 Nov 2010
Communists have no truck with cowardly and hypocritical condemnations, writes James Turley
Joke at your peril
18 Nov 2010
Jim Moody asks if the courts have undergone a humour bypass operation
Good, bad, and middling Trots
18 Nov 2010
Voting in the election to replace Derek Simpson as general secretary of Unite the Union ends on November 19. Gerry Downing reports on the attacks on the Jerry Hicks campaign from supporters of left bureaucrat Len McCluskey
Rehabilitation, not punishment
11 Nov 2010
Communists are vehemently opposed to any prisoner being disenfranchised, writes Jim Moody
The lying game
11 Nov 2010
Yes, Phil Woolas lied through his teeth - but they all do, including the Liberal Democrats. Eddie Ford looks at the Oldham East ruling