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
One foot in the grave
21 Jul 2022
RMT’s withdrawal from Tusc was understandable, especially given the consistently dismal electoral performance. But, argues, Paul Demarty, this leaves SPEW, the mothership, in profound crisis too
Not going away
21 Jul 2022
The dismal inability to defeat the pandemic points to a wider, systemic failure, argues James Linney
Toryland now decides
21 Jul 2022
Rank-and-file Conservatives are more likely to vote for Liz Truss than the so-called ‘socialist’, Rishi Sunak - or so we are told. Eddie Ford investigates
Phew, what a scorcher
21 Jul 2022
As temperatures hit record highs, James Harvey pours scorn on the Johnson government’s totally inadequate targets and the backtracking by the leadership candidates, not least Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak
Not yet another coalition
14 Jul 2022
James Harvey looks at the storming of government buildings, the danger from the army and the prospects for winning a real Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
State and philosophy
14 Jul 2022
Mike Macnair reviews Beyond Leviathan: critique of the state by István Mészáros (edited by John Bellamy Foster, Monthly Review Press, 2022, pp482, £18.76)
Past and present
14 Jul 2022
This year’s Durham Miners’ Gala, the 136th, featured the great and good of the trade union movement. RMT’s Mick Lynch, rightly, got a huge cheer. But, as David John Douglass reports, there was also the promotion of pro-imperialist politics when it comes to Ukraine
Let’s talk about divorce
14 Jul 2022
Does Biden’s lame response to the Supreme Court mark the end of the line for the DSA’s strategic reliance on the Democrats? Daniel Lazare argues for a break
That’s entertainment!
14 Jul 2022
Boris Johnson’s persona is part Psmith, part Flashman and part Tim Nice-But-Dim. Paul Demarty traces the rise and fall of the ‘Red Tory’
Expect an early general election
14 Jul 2022
Smear campaigns, dirty dossiers, stitch-ups - yes, it is a Tory leadership contest. Eddie Ford also notes that Penny Mordaunt is way out in front when it comes to the bookies
Cliffism to ministerialism
07 Jul 2022
The SWP’s comrades in Ireland are dreaming of joining a ‘broad alliance’ capitalist government led by Mary Lou McDonald’s Sinn Féin. Why does Alex Callinicos so tamely acquiesce to what is a betrayal of elementary principle, asks Anne McShane
Schism in Five Star
07 Jul 2022
Toby Abse examines the murky, self-serving reasons behind the latest split in a party once touted as rebels against the hated political caste
Westminster vs Holyrood
07 Jul 2022
James Harvey considers the SNP’s call for a second independence referendum and asks how the left should respond
Going, going, gone
07 Jul 2022
Britain will soon have a new Tory prime minister, writes Paul Demarty. Meanwhile, Sir Keir is copying Sir Tony and his triangulation strategy, while the left is whispering about yet another broad party
To play the king
30 Jun 2022
Despite two by-election defeats and partygate, Eddie Ford does not write off Boris Johnson quite yet