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Overcoming the enemies within
17 May 2012
The left must unite in order to change the relationship of forces both within and outside the Labour Party, argues Mike Macnair
Shielding the powerful
23 Apr 2020
Heavy-handed legal threats against Labour show up the real effects of data protection legislation, argues Paul Demarty
Weaponising ‘anti-Semitism’
23 Apr 2020
Labour’s leaked report does not tackle the central question, argues Moshé Machover
Singularly incompetent
17 Apr 2020
Jeremy Corbyn was timid and cowardly, argues Adam Lewinski. Though this article was originally written for the Morning Star, it was rejected by the editor, who deemed it too critical. We print it in the name of honest and open debate
Revealed at last
17 Apr 2020
The full extent of the lengths the right will go to in order to regain control has finally been exposed, writes David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists
Not the gutter, but the stars
09 Apr 2020
Jack Conrad comments on Starmer’s victory and the problems with the left.
Clause wars
12 Mar 2020
James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists says RLB’s clause four owes more to Tony Blair than Sidney Webb. Either way, both amount to bullshit. What we need is a clause four that marks a real political shift.
Use the ballot
29 Feb 2020
David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists urges a tactical vote for Rebecca Long-Bailey - despite her monarchism, vague politics and accommodation with the right.
Resurgent right
13 Feb 2020
David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists looks at the continuation of the anti-left witch-hunt
Principled voices few and far between
31 Jan 2020
Despite Corbyn’s imminent departure, the ‘Anti-Zionism equals anti-Semitism’ smear campaign remorselessly grinds on, writes Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists.
Then there were four
24 Jan 2020
Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists shows how appeasement has a terrible logic. But candidates can be pressurised from the left.
Smoke without fire
16 Jan 2020
Jamie Stern-Weiner (editor) Anti-Semitism and the Labour Party Verso, December 2019, free e-book, pp278
Put pressure on RLB
16 Jan 2020
CLPs should demand the Labour leadership candidate distances herself from the ‘10 pledges’, writes Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists.
Between a rock and a hard place
09 Jan 2020
Candidates in the Labour leadership election reflect the self-inflicted defeat of the Labour left under Corbyn’s leadership, argues Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Case update
09 Jan 2020
Stan Keable was sacked for political activity, and won a verdict of unfair dismissal: but the decision is being challenged
Unworthy crew
19 Dec 2019
Like Corbyn, none of his prospective successors are prepared to challenge the Labour right head on, says Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists.