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
They all scapegoat migrants
06 May 2010
The reaction to Gordon Brown's attack on the 'bigoted' Gillian Duffy demonstrates the depth and breadth of the national chauvinist consensus, argues Eddie Ford
National question remains
06 May 2010
Anne Mc Shane says it is vital to have a clear, democratic platform
Class consciousness rekindled
06 May 2010
Esen Uslu reports on the massive May Day demonstration in Istanbul
Courage to tell the truth
06 May 2010
Yassamine Mather condemns the farce of the UK general election
The right to be offensive
29 Apr 2010
Creeping censorship must be opposed - even if feelings get hurt, argues James Turley
Fractured left
29 Apr 2010
While the main battle in Scotland will once more be between Labour and the SNP, rival left nationalists will also be slugging it out. Sarah McDonald reports
From an instrument of deception
29 Apr 2010
Mike Macnair reviews the mainstream election campaign and the inadequate response of the left
Cleggmania and the return of the Lib-Lab pact?
22 Apr 2010
Eddie Ford wonders if we are about to see the fulfilment of the Blair project
Limits of Labourism
22 Apr 2010
Ben Lewis reviews Labour Representation Committee's 'A people's agenda: a pamphlet for the general election 2010'* pp12, donation
Keeping quiet on party politics
15 Apr 2010
Dave McAllister reports on the Saturday April 10 demonstration against cuts
A taxing dilemma
15 Apr 2010
The dispute over taxation shows the bourgeois establishment's poverty of ideas, argues James Turley
Accountable to their party
15 Apr 2010
All three mainstream parties promise voters the power to recall their MPs. Jim Moody looks at the details
Vote for Labour anti-cuts, anti-war candidates
08 Apr 2010
Prepare for a political fightback, writes James Turley
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