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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
Gloomy shades of death
08 Jun 2023
Attended by a maximum of just 19 members, the online AGM testified to complete strategic failure. Kevin Bean reads the last rites
Labourism on Mogadon
18 May 2023
Though a Labour government is by no means certain, it would represent a major political turning point. Vernon Price reports on the aggregate of CPGB members and supporters
On course for No10
11 May 2023
Labour had a good night, the Tories a horrible one. But, asks Kevin Bean, should we aim for a Labour Party mark 2 or should we aim for something higher, something far more useful?
Cheap shots, great and small
20 Apr 2023
Controversy over Starmer’s attack ads shows up the increasing emptiness of bourgeois political debate, argues Paul Demarty
Silent and supine
16 Mar 2023
Kevin Bean looks at the shameful official left and the split between Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell over the Ukraine war
Made for each other
09 Mar 2023
Kevin Bean looks beyond Tory faux outrage about Sir Keir appointing Sue Gray as chief-of-staff, and asks what it means for the prospects of the official left
Open for business
23 Feb 2023
Starmer is determined to display his loyalty to big business, the state and the Atlantic alliance by purging what is already a totally marginalised and useless official left. But, asks Carla Roberts, what if Jeremy Corbyn stood as an independent?
A study in betrayal
23 Feb 2023
The parliamentary ‘left’ is not only cowardly. Now, applauded by journalists like Owen Jones, a section of it is urging further military escalation. Talal Hangari looks at the sorry picture
Chosen by Labour right
16 Feb 2023
Tina Werkmann gives the inside story of how Jared O’Mara was selected, how he beat the odious Nick Clegg and how he quickly spiralled into a mental health crisis. Clearly he needs help, not a four-year prison sentence
A pack of knaves
09 Feb 2023
Kim Johnson stood up for Palestinian rights, only to recant a few hours later. Kevin Bean rounds on the cowardly official Labour left
Picket lines and ballot box
09 Feb 2023
Mass strikes, soaring food and energy prices, Tory sleaze scandals - all speak of the return of the ‘British disease’. Eddie Ford says that is why sections of the mainstream media could well back Sir Keir in 2024, and why we need our own political alternative
Dispatches from the warzone
02 Feb 2023
The Tories are deliberately running down the NHS and the human cost is horrendous. But James Linney does not reckon Labour’s plans amount to anything much better
Salvaging the wreck?
02 Feb 2023
Kevin Bean of Labour Party Marxists assesses the parlous state of the official left - illusions must be cast aside
From amidst the wreckage
26 Jan 2023
Talal Hangari banks on staying in Labour and the left uniting to defeat the bans and proscriptions
NHS in meltdown
05 Jan 2023
The Tories have a barely hidden agenda to wreck the post-1945 health service. But James Linney warns against trusting Sir Keir’s alternative government