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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
Brexit: more humiliation looms
18 Oct 2018
The present terms of debate on Brexit represent paralysis, argues Paul Demarty - in the government, and on the left
Still no way out
04 Oct 2018
Paul Demarty watches the fur fly at the Birmingham conference
Liberal playthings
27 Sep 2018
Mike Macnair assesses the AWL’s second conference document, on Europe
The poverty of left-remainers
27 Sep 2018
Another humiliation for Theresa May; another ambiguous policy from Labour. But, says Paul Demarty, taking £70,000 from George Soros is the left’s very own road to disaster
Edging towards a second vote
13 Sep 2018
The EU was a central theme for the second successive year, reports Peter Manson
Against referendums
13 Sep 2018
Despite the TUC vote in Manchester the left should reject referendums as a matter of principle. Jack Conrad puts the Marxist case for extreme democracy
Bloodstained colours of Benetton
06 Sep 2018
Toby Abse looks at the politics underlying the collapse of the Genoa bridge
Imprisoned within the national
09 Aug 2018
Comparisons with Donald Trump are dishonest - but that does not mean Corbyn’s industrial strategy will actually work, warns Paul Demarty
Project Fear or Project Reality?
09 Aug 2018
Everyone from the governor of the Bank of England to the National Farmers Union is getting worried about a no-deal Brexit, writes Eddie Ford
The crisis of democracy
02 Aug 2018
No to a second referendum, writes Steve Freeman. Yes to a ratification referendum
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
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
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