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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
Much ado about nothing
21 Apr 2016
History does repeat itself, says Eddie Ford. Just as with the 1975 referendum, once again we have a government trying to pull a fast one
The in-out kabuki dance
14 Apr 2016
James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists says a passive boycott is not as good as an active boycott. But it is far better than participating in Stronger in Europe
Renzi in the firing line
14 Apr 2016
Scandals reminiscent of the Berlusconi era have put the prime minister under sustained pressure, writes Toby Abse
Both sides are reactionary
07 Apr 2016
Demands are growing for Jeremy Corbyn to swing the balance to save Dave Cameron’s bacon. Eddie Ford calls for an active boycott
Disaster waiting to happen
24 Mar 2016
Eddie Ford finds the EU-Turkey deal on migrants both inhuman and unworkable
Flip-flopping over in or out
10 Mar 2016
Neither Corbyn’s current stance, nor his former position is in workers’ interests, argues Peter Manson
A carnival of reaction
25 Feb 2016
Neither side in the EU referendum campaign deserves leftwing support, argues Paul Demarty
Selling a pig in a poke
11 Feb 2016
Communists cannot support either a ‘remain’ or a ‘leave’ vote, writes Eddie Ford
Cameron’s chauvinist chicanery
04 Feb 2016
The forthcoming EU referendum is a contest between reactionary forces, argues Paul Demarty
Migrant sex mob hysteria
14 Jan 2016
Instead of fighting for open borders and internationalism, the left in Germany has joined the ruling class in its collective embarrassment, says Tina Becker
Capital’s economic Nato
17 Dec 2015
Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge The truth about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Polity, 2015, pp160, £12.99
Learn the lessons of Syriza
17 Dec 2015
What will the weekend bring for Podemos? Tom Munday and Ana Ibarruri comment on the likely outcome of the general election
Making matters worse
19 Nov 2015
Official reaction to the atrocities in France demonstrates once again that imperialism has no answers, writes Yassamine Mather
Left splits from Renzi
12 Nov 2015
Toby Abse reports on the formation of a new parliamentary bloc in Italy
Austerity in the colours of Syriza
24 Sep 2015
Alexis Tsipras has escaped punishment at the ballot box, says Daniel Harvey, but the Greek election is a bad result for the left