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
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
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