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
New stage of Brexit politics
29 Nov 2018
In or out of the EU, argues Mike Macnair, we need a united workers’ movement on a European scale
Disappearing the welfare state
22 Nov 2018
Even that den of thieves, the United Nations, recognises the suffering imposed on the working class by the politics of austerity, writes Eddie Ford
Free-trade tailism
22 Nov 2018
The Alliance for Workers’ Liberty has enlisted a clipped version of Marx and Engels to serve its political agenda. In the first of two articles Mike Macnair looks at the claims of free trade and protectionism
Science, health and profit
22 Nov 2018
Exaggerated claims for artificial intelligence are being used to further the government’s agenda of privatised healthcare, says James Linney
May's numbers don't add up
22 Nov 2018
Escape from a no-confidence vote in the Tory Party will not save Theresa May’s Brexit plans, writes Paul Demarty - hence the renewed talk of a national government
Anti-Zionism and self-censorship
15 Nov 2018
The witch-hunt against Jeremy Corbyn and the left is still in full swing - and spreading across society, reports Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Support the Socialist View slate
15 Nov 2018
Peter Manson looks at the rift that has opened up in the Left Unity faction of PCS
One rule for members ...
15 Nov 2018
Tony Greenstein describes how his defence of Stan Keable, who was dismissed as a council housing officer under the ‘anti-Semitism’ purge, led to his own suspension
Going down the Brexit rabbit hole
08 Nov 2018
As the deadline looms, Theresa May is still wrestling with the Gordian knot of the Irish border question, writes Eddie Ford
Scottish Labour left: Democracy be damned
08 Nov 2018
Momentum’s counterpart in Scotland continues to thwart the wishes of its members, reports Chris Cassells
Bolsonaro: Brazil’s Trump or Brazil’s fascist ruler?
01 Nov 2018
Brazilian comrade Roberto della Santa gives us his assessment of a president who has declared that the military dictatorship ‘did not go far enough’
Huddersfield and the causes of crime
25 Oct 2018
There is more at stake than criminal justice in the latest grooming scandal, argues Paul Demarty
Tinker, tailor, soldier, Marxist
25 Oct 2018
Lawrence Parker takes issue with some of the interpretations of Michael Bettaney’s life and ideas that have appeared down the years
Italy's government provoking a clash with EU
25 Oct 2018
Against the background of attempts to form a new rightwing coalition across Europe, Toby Abse looks at the manoeuvrings of the rival Italian populists
People’s Vote: Establishment fights back
25 Oct 2018
Saturday's demonstration carried more than a whiff of a post-Brexit national government about it, writes Eddie Ford