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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
Lansman and witch-hunting
22 Feb 2018
Momentum has drafted a ‘Charter of members’ rights’, which promises to put an end to the deluge of unjustified suspensions from the party, writes Carla Roberts. But it does not oppose political expulsions and also leaves the compliance unit untouched
Reduced to a think tank?
15 Feb 2018
An existential crisis continues to haunt the dwindling forces of the Labour Representation Committee, reports Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer man
15 Feb 2018
Jeremy Newmark, the ‘ideal representative’ of the Jewish Labour Movement, stands accused of all manner of wrongdoing. Tony Greenstein calls on the Labour Party to act
Why revive a stinking corpse?
15 Feb 2018
Jack Conrad questions the worth of the ‘Labour4Clause4’ campaign being promoted by Socialist Appeal. Instead of fostering illusions in Fabian socialism, surely the task of Marxists is to win the Labour Party to Marxist socialism
When chickens come home
15 Feb 2018
Jeremy Newmark is in trouble, Ann Black has been dropped and AWL members have been declared ‘unwelcome’, reports Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Criticism is not abuse
08 Feb 2018
Carla Roberts takes issue with proposals to outlaw 'abuse' of MPs
NEC readmits leftwingers
08 Feb 2018
But hopes that this might mark the beginning of the end of the witch-hunt could be premature, warns Carla Roberts
End the witch hunt
25 Jan 2018
Stan Keable, secretary of Labour Against the Witchhunt, reports on a successful lobby of Labour’s NEC
Democratise the party
18 Jan 2018
The election of Christine Shawcroft as chair of Labour’s disputes panel gives some hope that Jeremy Corbyn and his allies might finally put an end to the witch-hunt, says Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Building up steam
11 Jan 2018
Labour Against the Witchhunt secretary Stan Keable reports on the debates and decisions
Labour tails Tory rebels
21 Dec 2017
Calling the modern powers to revise statutes by regulations ‘Henry VIII clauses’ gives the whole Brexit exercise a spurious air of English antiquity, argues Mike Macnair
Calling all witches
21 Dec 2017
Motion against witch-hunts
Anti-Semitism? It’s Israel, stupid!
07 Dec 2017
Tony Greenstein responds to the false accusations made against him as part of the rightwing-driven witch-hunt. This is an edited version of his submission to Labour’s national constitutional committee
Farcical and malicious
07 Dec 2017
The December 2 Labour Against the Witchhunt meeting included an important contribution by black activist Marc Wadsworth. Alan Fox reports
Step up the campaign
07 Dec 2017
David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists reports on the latest plans and developments