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
Song of hope and solidarity
05 Apr 2007
The organisers of the John McDonnell rally on Saturday March 31 were pleased with the turnout of those supporting the leftwing Labour MP's bid for the leadership of the party. Mark Fischer reports
McDonnell and lesser evilism
29 Mar 2007
None of the large, Labour-affiliated unions have come on board the campaign to elect John McDonnell leader of the Labour Party, and even some of his Socialist Campaign Group comrades are not backing him. Jim Moody looks at the reasons for their reticence
Gift for militarist faction
29 Mar 2007
Last week, when the militarist faction in the Iranian regime realised they had captured 15 British marines and sailors, it must have seemed like a gift from heaven. Yassamine Mather reports
Change does not come through invasions
29 Mar 2007
Contrary to what some in the John for Leader camp have suggested, John McDonnell himself has unambiguously expressed not only his ongoing solidarity with Iranian workers, students, women and democrats, but his continued support for the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign. Steve Cooke reports
Step up pressure on union lefts to get John McDonnell on the ballot
22 Mar 2007
If John McDonnell's name were to appear on the ballot paper to decide the Labour Party's new leader, that would bring with it the possibility of revitalising the entire left. However, thanks in large part to the cowardice of the left union bureaucrats, not enough Labour MPs have come under pressure to nominate him, says Jim Moody
Solidarity with Iran needs a fight on two fronts
22 Mar 2007
Last week, tens of thousands of Iranian teachers went on strike, demanding an increase in their miserable wages and the resignation of the education minister. In Tehran over a thousand were arrested. Tina Becker also reports on the efforts of the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign to get more organisations involved
Sparks, flashes and damp squibs
22 Mar 2007
Andrew Coates reviews Nick Cohen's What's left? How liberals lost their way (Fourth Estate, 2007, pp400, £12.99)
Tory resurgence and the left
22 Mar 2007
Eddie Ford on the re-branding of the 'nasty party'
Province of permanent instability 'normalises'
15 Mar 2007
Liam O Ruairc of the Irish Republican Socialist Party looks at the situation in Northern Ireland after the elections and the possibilities of power sharing
Abolition and working class solidarity
15 Mar 2007
Official society celebrates the bicentenary of the ending of slavery as part of 'our common British heritage'. Mike Macnair examines the class forces that underpinned anti-slavery
Uphill battle for McDonnell
15 Mar 2007
With in all likelihood only a couple of months to go before Tony Blair steps down as Labour leader, the campaign to elect John McDonnell as his replacement is still unable to gather enough steam to ensure that, at the very least, his name appears on the ballot paper. Peter Manson reports
Reid whips up xenophobia
15 Mar 2007
In response to home secretary's John Reid xenophobic incitement directed at those from outside Britain, Jim Moody argues for open borders
Charter for a democratic republic
08 Mar 2007
Peter Tatchell, Dave Church and Steve Freeman outline their vision for a democratic republic
Freudian slips and punishing the poor
08 Mar 2007
Unite employed and unemployed workers, says Eddie Ford
Nationalist squabbles
08 Mar 2007
On Saturday March 3 both the Scottish Socialist Party and Solidarity held one-day policy conferences in Glasgow to finalise their respective manifestoes for the May 3 election to the Scottish parliament. Peter Manson comments