The left > Global left
Erdoğan’s counter-coup coup
21 Jul 2016
While a bloody military intervention has been defeated, that in itself is no reason to cheer, writes Esen Uslu
What was social democracy?
07 Jul 2016
Chris Cutrone of the Platypus Affiliated Society traces the origins of current socialist terminology1
Profoundly political
07 Jul 2016
Abbas Kiarostami, June 22 1940 - July 4 2016, Yassamine Mather shares her memories
The decolonisation of Palestine
23 Jun 2016
Zionism constitutes a unique colonisation process, argues Moshé Machover - which means that the route to Palestinian freedom must be equally unique
Curious delay and publication switch
16 Jun 2016
Rexx Dunn reviews: 'Victor Serge and Natalia Sedova Trotsky The life and death of Leon Trotsky', Haymarket Books, 2016, pp396, £12.99
Decision time approaching
09 Jun 2016
The SACP’s alliance with the ANC is in crisis. Peter Manson reports
Closed Marxism
26 May 2016
Mike Macnair reviews: John Holloway, 'In, against and beyond capitalism: the San Francisco lectures', Kairos/PM Press, 2016, pp85 (plus preface), £10.59
Collective amnesia
19 May 2016
The job of the left is to learn from past errors, not succumb to fanboyism, argues Paul Demarty
A continent of the mind
19 May 2016
Jack Conrad shows that the European Union has been shaped not only by rival state powers, but by class politics too
Tide turns against Zuma
07 Apr 2016
While the ‘official communists’ are now looking for a change of leadership, writes Peter Manson, they have no intention of championing working class independence
Tactical flexibility, political principle
31 Mar 2016
Bernie Sanders should stand as an independent socialist in the presidential election, argues Eddie Ford
Last hurrah of a psychopath
03 Mar 2016
Toni Negri, 'Storia di un comunista', Milan, 2015, pp608, €18, reviewed by Toby Abse
Devotion to dogma
04 Feb 2016
Sadly, notes Eddie Ford, political madness is not confined to the Workers’ Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought
Drowning in oil
21 Jan 2016
The capitalist world economy is fast slowing down. Investors and central bankers worry about a catastrophic crisis. Meanwhile, asks Eddie Ford, does Venezuela’s oil-reliant Bolivarian revolution face its nemesis.
Systems and symptoms
14 Jan 2016
While millions live in dire poverty, the SACP wants us to believe that the main problem is still ‘racism’. Peter Manson reports