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
What's going on?
08 Mar 2018
Unexpected fault lines have opened up on the soft Labour left over who will be the next general secretary, reports Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Arms and the man
01 Mar 2018
The question of gun control is not as straightforward as it may appear, writes Mike Macnair
‘Wrong sort’ of privatisation
01 Mar 2018
In the first of two articles, Yassamine Mather examines the development of Iran’s economy since the Islamic revolution
Anti-fascists on the march
01 Mar 2018
As the far right becomes more emboldened, Toby Abse reports on the disgraceful attempt of the PD leadership to ban leftwing protests
Too early to celebrate
01 Mar 2018
Iain McNicol gone, JLM calling the police, rumours about Ken Livingstone being reinstated … But it’s not all plain sailing for the left, warns Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Theresa May’s à la carte menu
01 Mar 2018
Three-course dinner or a packet of crisps? Eddie Ford looks at the latest Brexit developments
Wave of militancy
01 Mar 2018
Kevin Bean of Liverpool UCU (personal capacity)
Determined to win
22 Feb 2018
Dave Douglass reviews Steve McGrail and Vicky Patterson Cowie miners, Polmaise colliery and the 1984-85 miners’ strike Scottish Labour History Society, 2017, pp146, £6
Expelled for opposing Zionism
22 Feb 2018
Tony Greenstein reports back from his disciplinary hearing
Genesis of ‘new Sinn Féin’
22 Feb 2018
Kevin Bean looks back to the 1980s and 90s and the taming of the republican movement
Lansman and witch-hunting
22 Feb 2018
Momentum has drafted a ‘Charter of members’ rights’, which promises to put an end to the deluge of unjustified suspensions from the party, writes Carla Roberts. But it does not oppose political expulsions and also leaves the compliance unit untouched
Further into farce
22 Feb 2018
How much longer can Ukip limp on, wonders Paul Demarty?
A man and his movement
15 Feb 2018
Kevin Bean examines the role played by Gerry Adams in Sinn Féin
Misrepresenting the people
15 Feb 2018
Paul Demarty wonders what is left out of the centenary celebrations for the Representation of the People Act
Reduced to a think tank?
15 Feb 2018
An existential crisis continues to haunt the dwindling forces of the Labour Representation Committee, reports Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists