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
Democratise the block vote
26 Sep 2019
David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists reminds us of one of the key tasks we face
Politics of the past, politics of the future
26 Sep 2019
Bill Hodgson of Labour Party Marxists reports that, although in terms of numbers the right was hardly in evidence at conference, there were big clashes and latent possibilities.
Watson survives for the moment
26 Sep 2019
There was a growing mood of defiance on display amongst CLP delegates, writes William Sarsfield.
Judges, politics and democracy
26 Sep 2019
Mike Macnair warns that the Supreme Court decision on prorogation could be used as a precedent to block radical measures by a Labour government.
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”.