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
Going nowhere fast
28 Jan 2021
If 2020 was a year of bitter disappointment and demoralisation for the Labour left, then 2021 is shaping up to be no better, writes James Harvey
Light and air
28 Jan 2021
Paul Demarty insists that unrestricted free speech is central to the communist project
Honing and updating
28 Jan 2021
Vernon Price reports on last weekend’s membership aggregate and the three debates over programme
Fudge, muddle, clarity
28 Jan 2021
James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists provides a rough guide to the issues and arguments that will dominate the January 30 Zoom conference
Old regime is cracking apart
28 Jan 2021
Not a Tudor but a Whig republic. Bradley Mayer sees change coming sooner than many expect
No dodging self-determination
21 Jan 2021
Whoever is chosen as leader, the Scottish Labour Party is cruising for a bruising, reckons Paul Demarty
Abolish the mayors
21 Jan 2021
We need accountability in local government and in our movement too. James Harvey looks at the corruption scandal in Liverpool
Open and honest debate
14 Jan 2021
The CPGB’s first online winter school proved to be a real success. James Harvey reports
A conservative revolution
14 Jan 2021
National sovereignty crystalised Gaelicism and late Victorian mores. Marc Mulholland argues, in his second article, that there was no transformation of popular consciousness
Simplistic and one-sided
14 Jan 2021
It is essential to openly and honestly discuss the EHRC report, insists suspended Labour member Tom Conwell
End of internet anarchy
14 Jan 2021
Fallout from the Capitol invasion shows that pacification of social media is well underway, says Paul Demarty
Back to square one
07 Jan 2021
The Covid catastrophe - fuelled by monumental incompetence - has forced the government to impose a new national lockdown. For the labour movement that is neither something to celebrate nor to vote for, writes Eddie Ford
Socialism, nationalism and Ireland
07 Jan 2021
Before and during the Second International there were many different approaches to the questions of socialism and nationalism. In Ireland James Connolly banked on nationalists taking a positive attitude towards the cause of labour. In his next article Marc Mulholland will look at Ireland’s conservative revolution
Theses on Keir Starmer’s Labour Party
07 Jan 2021
A serious accounting for the failures of Corbynism cannot be avoided any longer. Our perspectives must go beyond capitalism. We have had enough silly initiatives and attempts to close or limit debate. Labour Party Marxists has submitted this contribution to the Labour Left Alliance’s January 30 conference
End of the beginning
07 Jan 2021
The Brexit trade deal settles little - the EU will haunt British politics for years to come, writes Paul Demarty