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
What the EDL is and how not to combat it
08 Apr 2010
Is it wrong to describe membership of the English Defence League as lumpen? Are they BNP pawns or a fascist danger in their own right? Eddie Ford examines these and other questions
It is not enough to call for abolition of anti-union laws
08 Apr 2010
Capitalism and the rule of law are incompatible with political democracy and free association, writes Mike Macnair
Darling promises to be the kinder butcher
01 Apr 2010
With Tory confusion on the economy, the general election looks to be very close, writes James Turley
Misusing Marx and Engels
01 Apr 2010
Allan Armstrong of the Scottish Socialist Party's international committee replies to Nick Rogers
Proportional representation and Brown's opportunist ploy
01 Apr 2010
What sort of electoral system should communists advocate? Moshé Machover - mathematician, lecturer in philosophy and leftwing activist - examines the alternatives to 'first past the post'
Weyman Bennett should be criticised, not charged
25 Mar 2010
The sorry farce in Bolton once again demonstrates that the anti-fascist left is not only disorganised, but politically disorientated, writes Eddie Ford
International fightback, not 'race to the bottom'
25 Mar 2010
Elementary workplace struggles demand to be generalised, writes James Turley
Whoring for business
25 Mar 2010
Jim Moody finds yawning democratic gaps, including in Tusc policies
No judge-made bans on BNP
18 Mar 2010
Moves to restrict the right to politically organise could easily be used against the left, argues Eddie Ford
Less radical than clause four
18 Mar 2010
A trained economist and computer scientist with a political background in Maoism, Paul Cockshott damns the CPGB's Draft programme as being to the right of Labour governments past and present
Rehabilitation not revenge
18 Mar 2010
James Turley takes on the reactionaries whipping up hysteria over the age of criminal responsibility
Joe Glenton and the popular militia demand
11 Mar 2010
Individual defiance is laudable, but more is required, argues Eddie Ford
Prepare carefully for fresh action
11 Mar 2010
Dave Vincent fears that the PCS NEC has backed itself into a corner
The politics of bribery
11 Mar 2010
The Tories are showing themselves up as the party of corruption, says James Turley
Corruption and crime
04 Mar 2010
The breathtaking hypocrisy surrounding the Mills case must be exposed, argues Toby Abse