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
Fight for what we need and for democracy
14 Sep 2006
Carey Davies and Sachin Sharma report from the launch rally for John McDonnell's bid for the Labour Party leadership
Fact and fictions
14 Sep 2006
Each year on September 16 Welsh nationalists celebrate 'Owain Glyndwr day'. Bob Davies looks at the myths surrounding the 'the last genuine Prince of Wales'
Iran's workers need support
07 Sep 2006
Iran's president Ahmadinejad is a defender of neoliberalism, says Yassamine Mather
Poles apart, or workers' unity?
07 Sep 2006
Ewa Jasiewicz is a Transport and General Workers Union organiser in the north-west with particular responsibility for the recruitment of Polish migrant workers. She spoke to Peter Manson
The determination of revolution
31 Aug 2006
Jack Conrad discusses strategy and contrasts Scottish national socialism with the communist demand for national self-determination
British duality and the class struggle
10 Aug 2006
National consciousness is complex. As Jack Conrad shows, British national consciousness is particularly complex, being at the same time English, Scottish and Welsh. It also involves class and class struggle
Not oppressed but a joint oppressor
03 Aug 2006
Was Scotland subject to a takeover by England in 1707? Does Scotland suffer from English cultural imperialism? Jack Conrad questions some more left nationalist myths and assumptions
Confident campaign
27 Jul 2006
John McDonnell was bullish about both the Labour Representation Committee conference and the prospects for his leadership campaign when he spoke to Mark Fischer
21st century socialism
27 Jul 2006
Owen Jones is the coordinator of the recently launched LRC youth group, the Young Socialists, and is on the John McDonnell campaign team. Mark Fischer collared him for an argument
Astute timing but weak politics
27 Jul 2006
The John McDonnell challenge affords the Labour left a chance of a comeback, Mark Fischer reckons. But what should be the role of Marxists in the party?
Don't desert them
27 Jul 2006
'No to war, no to repression' is an open letter by Iranian student leaders in opposition to both imperialist aggression and the oppression of the islamic regime. Two were recently arrested. Mehdi Kia of Iran Bulletin/Middle East Forum introduces it with a discussion of its background and the solidarity tasks of the left
Nationalist myths are not Marxism
27 Jul 2006
Jack Conrad argues against the Scottish Socialist Party's claim that Scotland is an oppressed nation, an English colony. Prior to the 1707 Act of Union Scotland was not a nation
No to war, no to repression
27 Jul 2006
Defending national socialism is not Marxism
20 Jul 2006
Jack Conrad begins an extensive reply to Bob Goupillot with an examination of the principle of 'one state, one party' and its history
Sleaze is back
20 Jul 2006
But, argues Mike Macnair, it never really went away