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
Next step hard right
25 Apr 2019
George Galloway, Claire Fox and Alka Sehgal Cuthbert are providing a ‘left’ cover for Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, writes Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Trying to escape the maze
18 Apr 2019
With the polls looking disastrous and Brexit an ongoing failure, the Tories are deep in crisis. But they are not about to split the army and launch a civil war, writes Eddie Ford
Three centuries of oppression
11 Apr 2019
Review of ‘The Scottish clearances: a history of the dispossessed 1600-1900’ by Tom Devine; Allen Lane, 2018, pp463, £25
In praise of Momentum
11 Apr 2019
The Jewish Labour Movement has recognised Jon Lansman’s ‘valuable work’ in support of Zionism, reports Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Politics in the round
11 Apr 2019
Rex Dunn offers his view of what is now a full-blown crisis. Is Britain about to descend into civil war?
Reset to Year Zero
11 Apr 2019
With the EU agreeing to a six month ‘flexible extension’ and talks with Labour getting nowhere, Theresa May is fast running out of options, writes Eddie Ford
Where are our trigger ballots?
04 Apr 2019
Jeremy Corbyn keeps digging his own grave, says Carla Roberts. But we want to bury the right
Consensus unlikely to break out
04 Apr 2019
Enraging the right, Theresa May has asked Jeremy Corbyn to help break the impasse. But is it a genuine offer or a trap, asks Eddie Ford
March for a national government
28 Mar 2019
Eddie Ford warns those on the left backing the People’s Vote campaign - be careful what you wish for
Time to end the tailism
28 Mar 2019
With the United Kingdom in the grip of a profound constitutional crisis, Jack Conrad says the left must reject referendums as a matter of principle. Instead we need our own programme and our own tactics
Another victim of the witch hunt
28 Mar 2019
Jackie Walker was expelled by a supposedly ‘leftwing’ panel, notes Carla Roberts
We are where we are
28 Mar 2019
William Sarsfield reports on a successful meeting in solidarity with Chris Williamson and Jackie Walker
The government is missing
28 Mar 2019
As the clock ticks down, nobody is meaningfully in charge, writes Paul Demarty
Bercow’s coup settles nothing
21 Mar 2019
As the chaos continues, Paul Demarty considers the state of British ‘democracy’
Reactionary and dangerous
21 Mar 2019
Mike Macnair condemns Sajid Javid’s cheap grandstanding and critiques proposals to ‘modernise’ treason law