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
Notes on the war
08 Dec 2022
General Winter will favour those who have the best extreme weather kit, equipment and rations. Jack Conrad looks at the military situation and the wider strategic picture
Strikes on Student Day
08 Dec 2022
The leaking of documents gives us a glimpse of the conflicts within the regime that the protest wave has caused, Yassamine Mather reports
Bosses want migrants
01 Dec 2022
Anyone who has paid even the slightest attention to the media will know that the boss class wants to increase migration in order to keep down pay levels and increase profits. Kevin Bean says, once again, the SWP gets it wrong
Self-determination is a right
01 Dec 2022
Mike Macnair scrutinises the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on ‘Indyref2’ and looks at some typically inadequate left responses
Workers’ mass protests
01 Dec 2022
Yassamine Mather reports on strikes and protests in Iran
Zero-Covid and its discontents
01 Dec 2022
Beijing’s failure to roll out an effective vaccination programme has forced it to rely on lockdowns. However, there are leftwing Sinophiles who want to emulate the Xi regime, writes Eddie Ford
A wave that really happened
24 Nov 2022
Donald Trump has announced his candidacy and the Republican right is getting ready to investigate the president’s son. Daniel Lazare expects the results to be interesting
Victory claims under scrutiny
24 Nov 2022
Why hide the truth? Vernon Price discusses an unusual contribution in the latest Pre-Conference Bulletin
Widespread and larger
24 Nov 2022
Splits are widening at the top, the protests are continuing to grow, but there are still illusions in US-sponsored regime change. Yassamine Mather comments
An ageing republic
17 Nov 2022
The Trumpists did badly but Joe Biden is highly vulnerable. Daniel Lazare looks at what passes for democracy in America
Rebuild on solid foundations
17 Nov 2022
Yassamine Mather celebrates the continuing mass protests, recognises their limitations, laments the parlous state of the left and urges unity around the basic principles upheld by Hopi
Bleak expectations
17 Nov 2022
With Rishi Sunak probably having little chance of winning the next election and Keir Starmer waiting in the wings, we should expect Austerity 3.0, writes Eddie Ford
General election now?
10 Nov 2022
Much of the left is tailing Sir Keir and the liberal media in promoting the poison of presidentialism. Kevin Bean presents the republican alternative
Turbocharging Zionist colonialism
10 Nov 2022
Negotiations to form a far-right coalition are still ongoing, but there can be no hiding Netanyahu’s victory. Moshé Machover locates the drift to the right in the Zionist project itself
Far right triumphs
10 Nov 2022
Tony Greenstein refuses to shed a tear for the virtual disappearance of the hypocritical Zionist ‘left’. They provided cover for Israel’s racism and kept alive the bogus two-state solution