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
Revisiting January 6
16 Jun 2022
Hearings into the failed coup bid are all very well and good, says Daniel Lazare. But there is more to the breakdown of the political system than Donald Trump
Beyond the pale
16 Jun 2022
Alex Davies of National Action has been jailed for eight and a half years. Such legislation can easily be directed against the left and the working class movement, Eddie Ford warns
Jubilee versus democracy
09 Jun 2022
Much of the left fails to take the monarchy seriously. But Eddie Ford reminds the SWP of the shameful moment when it voted against republicanism in Respect so as not to alienate royalists
Messianic colonialism
09 Jun 2022
Religious ideology and nationalist ideology have a unique interrelationship; after all, even secular Zionists have to justify their ongoing colonial project with reference to a god they do not believe in. However, as Moshé Machover shows, it is the religious Zionists of the far right who are increasingly setting the agenda, not least by staging all manner of highly dangerous provocations
Their army and ours
09 Jun 2022
Most of the left has embraced the peace slogan in a thoroughly pacifist manner. Marxists, of course, prefer peace to war, but, as Jack Conrad explains, with us that goes hand in hand with making propaganda for the establishment of a popular militia
Guns are not the problem
09 Jun 2022
Abolishing the second amendment would require a civil war and leave the state with a monopoly when it comes to the right to bear arms. Mike Macnair sees no reason why we should trust the capitalist courts, army and police
Guns, class and social decay
09 Jun 2022
After the Uvalde school massacre the question of gun control has once again topped the political agenda. But, argues Daniel Lazare, do not expect anything much to change
Under false colours
09 Jun 2022
Jon Lansman’s departure and the advent of a new regime held out the promise of radical change. Clive Dean of Labour Party Marxists tells the sorry tale of bureaucratic control, missed opportunities and political cynicism
Tony, the futurologist
09 Jun 2022
The repeatedly delayed Future of Britain event is no threat to Sir Keir, but its ‘big ideas’ are utterly inadequate in the face of the problems they purport to address, writes Paul Demarty
Unique on the left
26 May 2022
Dave Vincent reviews 'David John Douglass, anarchist-syndicalist coalminer: reviews and articles appearing in the Weekly Worker' (pp253, £12)
Designed to shorten lives
26 May 2022
Cars, drugs and now the Uvalde school massacre, Daniel Lazare looks at the American way of death
All about press freedom
26 May 2022
The case of Julian Assange represents the most dangerous and concerted attack on journalism and freedom of the press in over a century, says Tony Greenstein
Stampeded by Russia’s attack
26 May 2022
Public and parliamentary opinion have undergone a panicked swing away from non-alignment. Jan Nyström reports on the attempt to forge a principled opposition to Nato membership
Jumping through the hoops
26 May 2022
As RMT members vote overwhelmingly for industrial action, the Tories are threatening to enact yet more anti-trade union laws. Eddie Ford urges defiance
Don’t mention Jeremy
19 May 2022
The NEC is now dominated by the right and arrogantly rides roughshod over rules not to its liking. Clive Dean of Labour Party Marxists ridicules the debilitating illusions of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy