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Europe's mutual suicide pact
19 Jan 2012
Austerity plans pursued by European governments are proving to be self-defeating, writes Eddie Ford
On the merry-go-round
05 Dec 2024
Discontent with the government has not translated into change. In fact, what is notable is the lack of change, reports Anne McShane
Human wave of solidarity
07 Nov 2024
As anger erupts against the complacent authorities, writes Eddie Ford, Spain’s devastating floods give us yet another terrifying glimpse of what the future holds
Notes on the war
07 Nov 2024
With the freezing cold of winter fast approaching, Ukraine is increasingly dependent on nuclear power. Then there is the Storm Shadow ‘red line’, threats of nuclear war and Donald Trump. Jack Conrad comments on recent happenings and developments
Establishing a principled left
03 Oct 2024
CPGB’s Provisional Central Committee calls for others on the left, individuals and organisations, in Britain and internationally, to discuss and agree this statement with a view to cementing principled unity and furthering the struggle against war and capitalism
Best laid plans go awry
19 Sep 2024
People Before Profit’s long held commitment to supporting a ‘left government’ led by Sinn Féin is heading for the rocks. But, argues Anne McShane, aspirations of becoming junior ministers were always about the lure of careerism and narrow personal advantage
The centre is cracking
13 Jun 2024
EU parliamentary elections have shocked the political establishment and the soft left alike. Barış Graham looks at the far right’s surge in support
Unholy trinity continues to push
23 May 2024
Thanks to the US, Nato and the EU, the Ukraine fallout is spreading, writes Daniel Lazare - not least in Georgia and Slovakia
Sir Keir’s Tory bigot
16 May 2024
Natalie Elphicke is welcomed in. Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott are kept out. Meanwhile, the Corbynista left limps on in 57 insipid varieties, writes Carla Roberts
Turning the tide
18 Apr 2024
Ukraine’s summer 2023 offensive was a complete failure and Russia now appears to be making tactical gains. But Kyiv is not going to be a pushover, writes Eddie Ford
Gaza and militarisation
11 Apr 2024
Toby Abse reports on the links between Italian universities and Israel’s war machine. Inevitably anyone who dares protest is branded an anti-Semite by the rightwing media
Notes on the war
04 Apr 2024
At this particular juncture the west’s proxy finds itself on the back foot, says Jack Conrad. Doubtless that explains why Donald Tusk is warning Russia that a wider war in Europe is “a real threat”
Navalny’s sticky end
22 Feb 2024
Paul Demarty looks at the death of a persistent critic and irritant to Vladimir Putin and the FSB regime ... and a hero of the west, who showed undoubted courage in the face of cruel persecution
Notes on the war
22 Feb 2024
After two years of battlefield carnage there is stalemate. Jack Conrad calls for the left to break from social-pacifism and centrism
Whitewashing Marine Le Pen
07 Dec 2023
Italy and Giorgia Meloni provide the model. David Broder asks what lies behind the ‘mainstreaming’ of the far right
Nigel’s next adventure
23 Nov 2023
However he gets on in the jungle, Nigel Farage is far from done with frontline politics, writes Paul Demarty