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
Coming to the rescue
20 Sep 2019
The Partito Democratico - an amalgam of Christian democrats and former ‘communists’ - have joined the ‘anti-establishment’ populists of the Five Star Movement in a new government. Toby Abse reports on what he calls the new ‘popular front’.
Flies in the ointment
12 Sep 2019
Whither the Brexit Party? James Harvey thinks it has no long-term future.
No pacts, no coalitions
12 Sep 2019
The willingness of the Labour leadership to bloc with Liberal Democrats, Scottish nationalists and Tory rebels is a mistake, argues Paul Demarty. It could easily presage a government of national unity.
Desperate times, desperate measures
12 Sep 2019
Ever since he got elected, Boris Johnson has been acting in a ‘revolutionary’ fashion and shows no sign of rowing back, writes Eddie Ford.
Outmanoeuvred by Johnson
05 Sep 2019
The left’s response to the prorogation of parliament betrays a shallow view of democracy, argues Paul Demarty.
Heads I win, tails you lose
05 Sep 2019
Stay focused, urges Eddie Ford. Prorogation was not a ‘coup’ and the central question still remains transforming the Labour Party - not a general election.
No playing by Queensberry Rules
16 Aug 2019
The political establishment now faces a blunt choice of either crashing out of the EU or forming a national government, writes Eddie Ford.
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