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
A Labour council’s inquisition
19 Jul 2018
Stan Keable tells how the anti-Corbyn witch-hunt in the Labour Party has spilled over into political victimisation in the workplace
Tactics, principles and willing dupes
19 Jul 2018
What attitude should the left take to the People’s Vote campaign and its call for a second referendum? Jack Conrad insists that referendums are a backward, not a forward step for democracy
Outlook Moggy
19 Jul 2018
Rees-Mogg’s medievalism may have been meant as a diversion, writes Mike Macnair, but it raises real issues
Breach of rules?
19 Jul 2018
The witch-hunt has reached the heights of absurdity, reports Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Into the swamp
12 Jul 2018
Review of Yuri Slezkine's 'The house of government: a saga of the Russian Revolution'. Princeton University Press, 2017, pp1096, £30
Brexit chaos
12 Jul 2018
The cabinet’s ‘unanimously agreed’ acceptance of May’s ‘political coup’ did not last very long, writes Eddie Ford
Take it or leave it
05 Jul 2018
Eddie Ford says Theresa May is manoeuvring to achieve a ‘third way’ Brexit. Chances are that we will see more dither
What sort of unity?
05 Jul 2018
Review of Kevin Meagher's 'A united Ireland: why unification is inevitable and how it will come about'. Biteback Publishing, 2016, pp237, £12.99
Oppose siren calls
05 Jul 2018
Some on the ‘left’ insist on running with People’s Vote and its call for a second EU referendum. Once again Jack Conrad argues that Marxists ought to condemn referendums. We favour representative democracy and working class political independence
Gaining momentum
05 Jul 2018
The campaign to reinstate Stan Keable has growing support
Compounding the mistake
28 Jun 2018
No-one should be congratulated for the ‘Anti-Zionism equals anti-Semitism’ witch-hunt in the Labour Party, says David Shearer
An elected sultan
28 Jun 2018
Erdoğan’s ‘fair and square’ election victory will not result in stability, writes Esen Uslu
Age of Aquarius
28 Jun 2018
The Lega has celebrated its gains in local elections by stepping up its attacks on migrants and Roma, with the complicity of M5S, writes Toby Abse
The bad old days
28 Jun 2018
Are we going back to the 1930s? Tony Blair says this scenario “no longer seems far fetched”. But will Donald Trump save us? Paul Demarty thinks not
A health service worthy of the name
28 Jun 2018
As the NHS approaches its 70th anniversary, James Linney calls for a radically new approach