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
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
No to the race to the bottom
27 May 2010
Peter Manson looks at the prospects for the BA strike
Socialist Party consolidates its grip
27 May 2010
Dave Vincent reports on the conference of the civil service union
The new bullshit
20 May 2010
David Cameron's 'new politics' are a degraded version of the old, argues James Turley
John for leader
20 May 2010
Labour activists are urging a speedy response to the NEC's deadline
An enemy that should be treated seriously
20 May 2010
Many comrades insist that the Con-Lib Dem government is a coalition of 'profound weakness and division' that will be easy to beat and thus almost automatically lead to advances by the left. Eddie Ford believes that this approach is complacent and profoundly mistaken
Programme of renewal
20 May 2010
What next for the Labour left? Mark Fischer spoke to Graham Bash of Labour Briefing
McDonnell blocked by NEC bureaucrats
20 May 2010
Despite the current ascendancy of the right, Labour is likely to see a shift to the left, argues Peter Manson
Workers' defence
13 May 2010
For self-defence and against anarchistic violence
Scottish myth blown away
13 May 2010
Left nat candidates humiliated, writes Sarah McDonald
Government of the people, by corruption, for the capitalists
13 May 2010
David Cameron's deal with Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats puts in place the 'strong government' demanded by the capitalist class. The working class will now be attacked with a vengeance, writes Mike Macnair