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 Sep 2022
With Kyiv’s counter-offensive, the third phase of the war has begun. While it is unlikely to be the much-touted ‘decisive’ turning point, Jack Conrad warns, we should expect the Tories to bring the war back home by playing the Ukraine card
Misremembering Gorbachev
08 Sep 2022
The death of the USSR’s final leader comes at the crisis point of the post-cold war period. Paul Demarty considers Gorbachev’s grim legacy
Storm clouds gather
08 Sep 2022
Liz Truss denounced ‘handouts’ and ‘redistribution’ on the campaign trail - now she has announced a £100 billion energy price cap. Eddie Ford gives his day-one assessment of Britain’s new prime minister
A ray of light
08 Sep 2022
Momentum behaved despicably, while the CLPD was hardly any better, but there was a welcome upset. James Harvey examines the Labour left after the NEC elections
Follow the UK example
01 Sep 2022
Shuvu Bhattarai upholds Enough is Enough as a model which socialists in the US ought to emulate. He sees it rapidly developing “into a mass working people’s party” built around basic bread and butter economic demands
Expect broken promises
01 Sep 2022
Enough is Enough will not deliver a new workers’ party. On the contrary it will enhance the career prospects of the likes of Andy Burnham and return masses of angry people to the Labour fold, argues James Harvey
After the summer of discontent
01 Sep 2022
The strike wave is set to grow in numbers, militancy and coordination. Paul Demarty warns that Liz Truss could respond by imposing wartime measures
From goch to pinc
11 Aug 2022
Mike Macnair critiques the ongoing political degeneration of Anticapitalist Resistance and the Mandelites
Happily flying blind
11 Aug 2022
Closure of the Tavistock GIDS clinic highlights the conflict between culture war politics and science, argues Isaac McCabe
What’s the matter with Kansas?
11 Aug 2022
While the cheering is understandable, the results of the abortion referendum are still problematic. Daniel Lazare comments on a so-called victory for ‘individual rights’
No time for Sir Keir
11 Aug 2022
With the rise in trade union militancy, all sorts of rumours are circulating about establishing some kind of new left party. James Harvey reports
A hot autumn too
11 Aug 2022
Things are clearly heading towards a monumental explosion of strikes and protests, writes Eddie Ford
SUPPLEMENT: The general strike and classical Marxism
04 Aug 2022
Curse of faction
04 Aug 2022
James Harvey looks at reactions to the Forde report and what it says about the state of the Labour Party’s left
Migration delusions
04 Aug 2022
The Tory leadership rivals’ attempts to outbid each other on being ‘hard on immigration’ promote delusions, argues Mike Macnair