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
Follow my leader
14 Mar 2019
Whatever happened to the democratic exchange of ideas? William Sarsfield reports on the CLPD’s March 9 AGM
Corbyn should speak up
14 Mar 2019
Labour HQ has decided upon yet more suspensions. Carla Roberts reports on the appalling consequences of appeasement
Hitting the reset button?
14 Mar 2019
Now that Theresa May’s deal has been defeated for a second time and MPs have voted against ‘no deal’, Eddie Ford says almost anything can happen in the short term. But in the longer term the expectations of the Brexiteers will surely be betrayed
Their next move
07 Mar 2019
Jack Conrad warns that the Labour right is looking to considerably extend the scope of the witch-hunt. Their big idea is to net socialism and even anti-capitalism
Fake outrage, fake accusations
07 Mar 2019
The civil war in the Labour Party is at a critical stage, writes Carla Roberts
Step forward, Mr Johnson?
07 Mar 2019
With splits in the ERG, writes Eddie Ford, does Theresa May now have a chance of scraping her deal through the Commons? It seems unlikely
Moving the cliff edge
28 Feb 2019
Theresa May has kicked the can down the road yet again. Eddie Ford looks at the latest twists and turns
Commitment and collectivity
28 Feb 2019
René Gimpel continues his examination of the conflict between Jean-Paul Sartre’s political and philosophical passions
Getting trigger happy
28 Feb 2019
What does the formation of the so-called Independent Group and the suspension of Chris Williamson tell us about the balance of forces? William Sarsfield of Labour Party Marxists gives his view
Hundreds of hard-core anti-Semites?
28 Feb 2019
Suspending Chris Williamson MP is an outrage, writes Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Banking on cliff edges is a dangerous strategy
21 Feb 2019
With less than a week to go before the next Brexit vote, Theresa May has brought nothing meaningful back from Brussels. So what next? asks Eddie Ford
Individualism or class struggle?
21 Feb 2019
René Gimpel examines the philosophical and political development of Jean-Paul Sartre, and his fraught relationship with the French Communist Party
Recession and xenophobia
21 Feb 2019
Toby Abse reports on the latest shenanigans of the right-populist government - and the stirrings of organised working class opposition
From Bethnal Green to Baghuz
21 Feb 2019
Sajid Javid has stripped Shamima Begum of her British citizenship - but there is a steadfast refusal to understand why she left in the first place, writes Paul Demarty
Good riddance to bad rubbish
21 Feb 2019
The formation of the Independent Group vindicates what the left has long been saying, writes Peter Manson. So called ‘moderate’ Labour MPs belong in another party