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
Sunshine Stalinism ends?
28 Feb 2008
James Turley looks at the mixed response of the left and the prospect of a 'Cuban Deng'
Sex, murder and DNA tests
28 Feb 2008
Jim Moody asks who controls the social controllers
Julius Caesar and the death agony of the republic
28 Feb 2008
Chris Gray continues his series on the class battles in ancient Rome
Time to say goodbye
21 Feb 2008
Why does the SWP not break its links with holocaust-denier Gilad Atzmon? Tony Greenstein has more evidence of his anti-Jewish racism
Fighting against the odds
21 Feb 2008
In the third article in his series on the Roman empire, Chris Gray looks at the efforts of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus to defeat the landowning oligarchy
No platform and the BNP
21 Feb 2008
Is 'no platforming' an unshakable principle or a tactic? Ted North reports on the discussion among Communist Students
Facing up to the fascists
21 Feb 2008
Jim Grant and David Isaacson take issue with Jack Conrad on anti-fascist strategy
Expansion and slave society
14 Feb 2008
In the second article in his series on the Roman empire Chris Gray examines the imperial oligarchy
End of the road for tower
07 Feb 2008
David Douglass, former NUM branch official and Yorkshire area executive member, looks back at a cooperative experiment
What is fascism?
07 Feb 2008
Is it a matter of principle that communists should attempt to deny organisations of the extreme right a platform? Jack Conrad provides historical background in support of his motion to be put to the February 9 CPGB aggregate
Patricians and plebeians
07 Feb 2008
What lessons does the class struggle in ancient Rome have for today? Chris Gray begins a series of articles with the plebeian fight for equality
Treaty of Lisbon and a workers' Europe
31 Jan 2008
In the name of democracy and internationalism, Mike Macnair argues against calls for a referendum
Fighting Unions: Not much 'organising'
31 Jan 2008
Dave Isaacson reports on the NW day school-cum-rally last Saturday
Getting the BNP into perspective
24 Jan 2008
Benjamin Klein responds to critics on no-platforming and argues that the left must learn to think if it is ever going to establish a movement that can really challenge our main enemy
Union policy through the ballot box
24 Jan 2008
How can union members be won to a left political alternative? Dave Vincent, PCS secretary of Greater Manchester ministry of justice branch, writing in a personal capacity, takes issue with the union's general secretary