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
Unintended consequences
28 Apr 2022
The calumnies against Shaima Dallali highlight the left’s errors. Paul Demarty calls for a principled defence of free speech
Accountable police?
28 Apr 2022
Dave Vincent reviews 'Deep deception: the story of the spycop network, by the women who uncovered the shocking truth' by Helen Steel (Ebury Press, 2022, pp400, £20)
Split three ways
28 Apr 2022
Low growth and high unemployment will continue, not go away. Michael Roberts looks at the world’s fifth largest economy following the presidential election
Dead not resting
28 Apr 2022
James Harvey of Labour Party Marxists looks at the origins, politics and ultimate demise of Labour Briefing
Rival nationalist bigotries
28 Apr 2022
Daniel Lazare investigates the thriving rightwing ideology on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine divide
Booze, lies and votes
28 Apr 2022
The Tories face a hammering on May 5, but, says Eddie Ford, you are very unlikely to find a principled leftwing candidate
Forgive us our trespasses
21 Apr 2022
Establishment celebrations of the Kinder Scout mass trespass of 1932 brush over its communist politics. Lawrence Parker puts the record straight
Hold the line
21 Apr 2022
The left in France should not be panicked into voting for Emmanuel Macron, writes Paul Demarty
Out of sight, out of mind?
21 Apr 2022
Rwanda deal is a cynical election ploy, writes Eddie Ford
SUPPLEMENT: Imperialism and the state (Part IV)
14 Apr 2022
There can never be a world capitalist state. Hierarchy and inequality between many states is an inevitable feature of capitalism
Rise and fall of a creep
14 Apr 2022
The fiasco over his wife’s non-dom status and now a fixed-penalty notice have sunk Rishi Sunak’s prime ministerial ambitions. Paul Demarty is amused
No quick fix
14 Apr 2022
Mimicking the sun and producing power using nuclear fusion has long been a dream and it appears that will be the case for a long time to come. Yassamine Mather explains
A farrago of illusions
14 Apr 2022
Social-Putinism and social-imperialism are not our only problem, argues Jack Conrad. There is the curse of social‑pacifism and centrism too
The biters bitten
14 Apr 2022
James Harvey of Labour Party Marxists asks why the AWL has been proscribed when it has given such unstinting service to the right in promoting the ‘anti-Zionism equals anti-Semitism’ big lie
SUPPLEMENT: Imperialism and the state (Part III)
07 Apr 2022
Capitalism produces huge wealth and huge inequalities, both of which play a role in recurring crises