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
A study in bureaucratic inertia
18 May 2006
Jack Conrad shows that, while the Tory government assiduously and ruthlessly prepared for the 1926 general strike, the TUC was content to pass left-sounding resolutions
Into the dustbin of history
11 May 2006
Graham Bash of 'Labour Left Briefing' looks forward to Blair's demise in the aftermath of the May 4 local elections
Days of black and red
11 May 2006
In the second article on the general strike and its turbulent background Jack Conrad looks at the delayed birth of the CPGB and the course of events from black Friday to red Friday
80 years since the general strike - From world war to councils of action
04 May 2006
Jack Conrad begins a series of articles examining the 1926 general strike
Against war, for workers' rights
04 May 2006
Yassamine Mather reports on Iranian workers taking to the streets on May Day
Members need political strategy
04 May 2006
Lee Rock, national secretary of PCSU Socialist Caucus, reports on the May 2-3 strike of tens of thousands of civil servants
Reactionary hysteria
04 May 2006
The furore over "1,000 foreign criminals" raises some basic questions about rehabilitation, border controls and chauvinist discrimination, writes Eddie Ford
What we need
04 May 2006
For the first time in many years there was actually some kind of showing from the trade unions on the London May Day march. Alan Fox reports
Arriving republics?
27 Apr 2006
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group contrasts the anti-monarchist mass movement in Nepal with the queen's birthday celebrations in Britain
Driven by neglect
20 Apr 2006
The British National Party really could not have hoped for better press in the lead-up to the May local elections in England. Huw Bynon reports
Driven by neglect
13 Apr 2006
Driven by neglect
Show of union militancy
30 Mar 2006
Pensions dispute points to lack of politics, says Alan Stevens
Fighting on two fronts
30 Mar 2006
Mehdi Kia of Iran Bulletin - Middle East Forum addressed the March 26 London Communist Forum on the question, 'Will Iran be next? Should we align ourselves with the ayatollahs?' This is an edited version of his speech
Labour versus Blairism
30 Mar 2006
The events of the last couple of weeks have seen Blair go into crisis, writes Graham Bash of Labour Left Briefing. The question is, to what extent is it terminal?
Consistant democracy
30 Mar 2006
Mary Godwin reports on the debate at the London Communist Forum where comrade Mehdi Kia spoke