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
Power to suppress
15 Jan 2004
The government's new Civil Contingencies Bill is a monstrous encroachment on democratic rights, says Jem Jones
Back in Labour's fold
08 Jan 2004
Ken Livingstone's reinstatement into the Labour Party is at one level a significant defeat for Tony Blair, says Ian Donovan
Divided four ways
08 Jan 2004
There are deep divisions in the leadership of the 'Morning Star's Communist Party of Britain over what attitude to adopt towards the new Respect coalition. Can its forthcoming special congress resolve the contradictions? Alan Rees investigates
Away with gongs and titles
08 Jan 2004
The British honours system is more than a laughable anachronism: it sheds light on the nature of our society and the royalist traditions that underpin it. Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group believes that the recent spate of honours refuseniks heralds the birth of a republican socialist party
Healthcare and moral hysteria
08 Jan 2004
New Labour is proposing to charge failed asylum-seekers for healthcare. There is more to this move than budget trimming, argues Jem Jones
Antidote to Blairite lies and deceit
08 Jan 2004
The issue of health is one of those battlegrounds that Blair could easily become unstuck over in the next few years. , says Phil Hamilton
Big people and the small state
08 Jan 2004
Tory leader Michael Howard declares: "I believe the people should be big. That the state should be small." This is a sentiment that authentic Marxists would wholeheartedly concur with, writes Jack Conrad
Republicanism, the left and mass politics
18 Dec 2003
Chris Jones of the Revolutionary Democratic Group joins the debate
Break with yellow unions
11 Dec 2003
Houzan Mahmoud of the Worker-communist Party of Iraq reports on how one British left group continues to side with the Ba'athist oppressors who once ruled Iraq
Electoral deal ratified
11 Dec 2003
Peter Manson reports on the French left and the EU elections
Provocative and insulting
04 Dec 2003
There was nothing remotely progressive in the defeat of Jacobitism, argues Dave Douglass, in this response to Neil Davidson of the Scottish Socialist Party's Socialist Worker platform
Good Friday on the rocks
04 Dec 2003
Ian Donovan examines the rise and rise of Paisleyism and what it means for the Six Counties
Unite for a social Europe
27 Nov 2003
This appeal, the grandiosely named Declaration of the assembly of actors and social movements, was passed on November 16, the last day of the Paris European Social Forum.
Stealing from BNP
27 Nov 2003
The selection of Howard as leader - with the other camp too weakened even to field a token standard bearer - indicates the Tories have effectively accepted the BNP's logic. Worried about the so-called vacuum on the left? Watch out for the pressure cooker on the right.
Royal agony continues
27 Nov 2003
George W Bushs time in Britain was a state visit. This meant he was the guest of the queen and stayed at Buckingham Palace. It was to be part of the post-Iraq victory celebrations and the beginning of his election campaign.