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
Fuelling the politics of hate
10 Aug 2023
Once again the Tories are targeting migrants. Bibby Stockholm is meant to serve as a deterrent but, in fact, it’s a political weapon designed to prevent electoral meltdown, argues Kevin Bean
Clean air as a right
03 Aug 2023
Following the Uxbridge by-election, there has been a huge row over the extension of London’s Ulez scheme. Both Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer are standing up for the right to pollute. Eddie Ford stands up for the right to breathe clean, unpolluted air
Defending neutrality
03 Aug 2023
What are so-called socialists doing upholding the foreign policy of their ‘own’ bourgeois state? Anne McShane upholds the principles of international socialism
Not a workers’ state
03 Aug 2023
Did the Soviet Union remain a workers’ state from its heroic beginnings to its miserable end? Citing unchanged property relations is clearly unMarxist. What is decisive is production relations, argues Jack Conrad
Online Communist Forum, Sunday July 30 5pm
27 Jul 2023
Year of four trials
27 Jul 2023
Legal case follows legal case. Expect a crack-up even bigger than January 2021, says Daniel Lazare
Venomous targeting of migrants
27 Jul 2023
Despite suffering something of a setback in Spain, the far right is on the march across Europe. Prime responsibility for this, argues Paul Demarty, lies with the left
A tale of three by-elections
27 Jul 2023
Kevin Bean of Labour Party Marxists looks at the state of bourgeois politics and the controversy over so-called green policies
Their fantasy, our nightmare
20 Jul 2023
Ukraine’s offensive is getting nowhere and when a compromise is eventually reached Zelensky will be in deep trouble, argues Daniel Lazare
Cross-party yellow peril
20 Jul 2023
Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has produced a lurid account of the challenge represented by China. Mike Macnair argues that the UK is playing catch-up with the US hegemon
Doing deals with Sir Keir
20 Jul 2023
Is building a Labour Party mark two a viable strategy? Kevin Bean of Labour Party Marxists looks at the Unite policy conference and beyond
Tinseltown’s hot summer
20 Jul 2023
Writers and screen actors need to win in their strike against the media giants, says Paul Demarty. But our aim must be a better, a higher culture
Putting the record straight
29 Jun 2023
Alexei Sayle (narrator), Chis Reeves (director), Norman Thomas (writer), Oh, Jeremy Corbyn - the big lie, Platform Films
Notes on the war
29 Jun 2023
Putin is in real trouble - the Wagnerite rebellion testifies to political, military and strategic failure, argues Jack Conrad
Arrested development
22 Jun 2023
Scott Evans looks at the paradox of continued support for independence and the revival of the Scottish Labour Party