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
Sir Patrick Sanders’ citizen army
01 Feb 2024
There is much talk in establishment circles about the British army being too small and the need to gear up for war against Russia. Under these circumstances the left needs clear programmatic answers, says Jack Conrad
Corrupt Dems hand Trump another win
25 Jan 2024
Moves against the former president continue to backfire. Daniel Lazare reports on the Fani Willis case
A stale left in a tumultuous world
25 Jan 2024
There were two topics on the agenda: the Israel-Gaza war and the coming general election. Scott Evans reports on the January 21 aggregate for CPGB members and supporters
How crybullying works
11 Jan 2024
Politics should have no ‘safe spaces’. Sob stories about ‘anti-Semitism’ on campus strike at a weak point in contemporary left politics, argues Paul Demarty
Haley’s telling blunder
04 Jan 2024
Many southerners happily fly the stars and bars, but they prefer to talk of state rights, not black slavery. Paul Demarty looks at Donald Trump’s nearest Republican rival
More ballot games
04 Jan 2024
Another year, another legal attempt to stymie Donald Trump. Daniel Lazare detects echoes of 1860
New kind of cruelty
14 Dec 2023
Shaming and demonising the poor: James Linney takes apart the Tories’ ‘back to work plan’, but nobody should expect anything positive from Sir Keir and Wes Streeting
Class war by other means
14 Dec 2023
Heather Hallett’s enquiry gives no grounds for optimism that the next pandemic will be handled better, but its exposure of the failings of the system and its hired servants is a lesson to be learned, writes Ian Spencer
Whitewashing Marine Le Pen
07 Dec 2023
Italy and Giorgia Meloni provide the model. David Broder asks what lies behind the ‘mainstreaming’ of the far right
Don’t cry for Milei, Argentina
30 Nov 2023
The election of an anarcho-capitalist eccentric as president is the latest example of bourgeois politics descending into irrationality, argues Paul Demarty
Nigel’s next adventure
23 Nov 2023
However he gets on in the jungle, Nigel Farage is far from done with frontline politics, writes Paul Demarty
Defend and extend the jury system
23 Nov 2023
Acquittals of pro-Palestine activists, BLM protestors and XR campaigners have infuriated the Tory press and seen a judicial backlash. Mike Macnair argues for juries and their right to hear ‘lawful excuse’
America’s neo-Weimar constitution
16 Nov 2023
Outwardly, America still seems like a normal country, so predictions of doom and gloom may seem over the top. But, says Daniel Lazare, the danger of authoritarianism is all too real
A right based on need
09 Nov 2023
Moral outrage against Braverman’s repugnant ‘lifestyle choice’ remarks is justified, but clearly not enough. Kevin Bean makes the case for the political economy of the working class when it comes to housing
Deserting the ship
26 Oct 2023
Birds of ill omen are flying for Rishi Sunak and the Tory government. After two big by-election wins, Sir Keir increasingly looks like a prime minister in waiting, writes Eddie Ford