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
Marx’s vision
08 Aug 2019
In his second article, Nick Rogers concludes that there is no basis in the writing of Marx for Lenin’s schema of socialism and communism. Marx wrote no blueprints for how the future society should be organised.
Abuse and cover-ups
08 Aug 2019
Even as the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse reveals yet more evidence of systematic rapes and sexual assaults, Peter Manson asks why Tom Watson still faces attack over his role in the Carl Beech affair.
The clock is the spur
08 Aug 2019
Only a national government can stop Brexit, and that would mean splitting the Labour Party, reckons Eddie Ford.
Lenin’s misreading of Marx
02 Aug 2019
In the first of a two-part article, Nick Rogers claims that Lenin’s "The state and revolution" introduced the concept of socialism and communism as two different forms of post-capitalist society. His contention is that this established a “framework” that in the 20th century was abused to “justify Stalinist practice”.
Election has already begun
02 Aug 2019
Boris Johnson’s spending spree and visits to the four corners of the UK are about seeing off Jeremy Corbyn, but, writes Eddie Fordthe parliamentary establishment might still make a decisive move.
Tribunes of the right
25 Jul 2019
Peter Manson lays bare a blatant case of political theft
Giving legitimacy to Zionism
25 Jul 2019
David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists looks at Corbyn’s latest attempt to appease the right
Brexit do or die
25 Jul 2019
Eddie Ford asks if Boris Johnson can deliver where Theresa May failed
Brexit and reunification
18 Jul 2019
James Harvey considers the consequences in the Six Counties if the United Kingdom really does leave the EU
BBC’s war on Corbyn
18 Jul 2019
Panorama’s ‘Is Labour anti-Semitic?’ would have made Pravda proud, argues Tony Greenstein
The politics of offence
18 Jul 2019
Eddie Ford thinks everybody should be open to political criticism - even those who are pregnant or receiving treatment for illness
A new mood dawns
18 Jul 2019
William Sarsfield reports from the Durham Miners Gala 2019, where the ‘Appeal for a Labour Left Alliance’ was very well received
Volatile times ahead
18 Jul 2019
We are heading for a constitutional crisis, writes Peter Manson and certainly an early general election.
Constitutional or political?
18 Jul 2019
Mike Macnair asks whether talk of a ‘constitutional crisis’ following the election of Boris Johnson as Tory leader is real or illusory
From bailout to Brexit
12 Jul 2019
The Dublin government sees its future with mainland Europe, not an insular UK, writes James Harvey