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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
German Ostpolitik collapses
26 Jan 2023
What lies behind the furore over sending Leopard 2 tanks to the Ukraine battlefield? Something deeper is going on, writes Daniel Lazare
Mongols versus Vikings
05 Jan 2023
Daniel Lazare examines the dangerous stew of ethno-nationalisms that emerged following the collapse of the Soviet Union
Notes on the war
08 Dec 2022
General Winter will favour those who have the best extreme weather kit, equipment and rations. Jack Conrad looks at the military situation and the wider strategic picture
Performative anti-fascism
27 Oct 2022
With the far-right Fratelli d’Italia forming a government in Italy, the SWP warns of the danger, but calls for … street protests. Mike Macnair offers a critique
Extreme opposition, not partners
20 Oct 2022
Treacherous calls for a Sinn Féin-led ‘left government’ should be ditched once and for all, urges Anne McShane
Notes on the war
13 Oct 2022
Sabotage of pipelines, annexations, crazy talk of nuclear weapons and plans for regime change - but the socialist alternative is sadly lacking. Jack Conrad calls for unity in the serious business of party-building
Atlanticist post-fascist
06 Oct 2022
Giorgia Meloni will continue to align with the US-Anglosphere. However, argues Maciej Zurowski, the umbilical cord joining her with fascism remains
Opting for electoral suicide
08 Sep 2022
Toby Abse surveys the mosaic of parliamentary centre-left and centre-right parties, factions and breakaways in the run-up to what looks likely to be a far-right landslide
Notes on the war
08 Sep 2022
With Kyiv’s counter-offensive, the third phase of the war has begun. While it is unlikely to be the much-touted ‘decisive’ turning point, Jack Conrad warns, we should expect the Tories to bring the war back home by playing the Ukraine card
Gunning for China
04 Aug 2022
Eddie Ford wonders whether the much-heralded Kherson counter-offensive and massive deliveries of western armaments could be a potential game-changer
Gift that keeps on giving
28 Jul 2022
The Tories can neither abandon Brexit nor make it work. That means we can only expect more chaos, argues Paul Demarty
Cliffism to ministerialism
07 Jul 2022
The SWP’s comrades in Ireland are dreaming of joining a ‘broad alliance’ capitalist government led by Mary Lou McDonald’s Sinn Féin. Why does Alex Callinicos so tamely acquiesce to what is a betrayal of elementary principle, asks Anne McShane
Schism in Five Star
07 Jul 2022
Toby Abse examines the murky, self-serving reasons behind the latest split in a party once touted as rebels against the hated political caste
Enough is enough
23 Jun 2022
Gaby Rubin welcomes the RMT’s successful strike action and sees an opportunity to re-establish trade union strength and power - if there is a willingness to defy the law
Le Pen surges forward
23 Jun 2022
The danger is that the left will use anti-fascism as an excuse to cut a deal with the liberal centre. To put it mildly, that would be a profound mistake, warns Paul Demarty