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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
Labour: Fearful of putting people off
04 Jul 2013
Stan Keable reports from a recent LRC National Committee meeting
Labour Party: Safe pair of Eds
20 Jun 2013
By promising to keep within Tory spending plans, writes Eddie Ford, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls are trying to show that Labour would be a responsible party of government
PCS: Dishonest debates
30 May 2013
Tina Becker reports from the May 21-23 conference of the Public and Commercial Services Union
Ukip success: Not just a protest vote
09 May 2013
Ukips success at the county council elections reflects its voters prejudices, but also long-term alienation from official bourgeois politics, argues Paul Demarty
Labour Party: Murdoch’s Blairite offensive
25 Apr 2013
Is Ed Miliband moving left? Mike Macnair examines what lies behind the campaign run by The Times
Capitalist decline: Thatcher in history
18 Apr 2013
Jack Conrad explores the conditions which created Margaret Thatcher and takes issue with the great person version of history
Welfare cuts: Housing should be a basic human right
04 Apr 2013
The cuts to housing benefit are cruel and irrational, says Michael Copestake
Eastleigh by-election: Snapshot of political failure
07 Mar 2013
The fruitcakes and loons of UKIP came second, Eddie Ford reflects on the Eastleigh by-election
Jerry Hicks interview: Not more of the same
07 Mar 2013
The Provisional Central Committee of the CPGB is urging support for Jerry Hicks, the rank-and-file candidate in the Unite election. Peter Manson spoke to him about his campaign and perspectives
CLPD: Trip down memory lane with the hopelessly hopeful
28 Feb 2013
Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists gives his assessment of the 40th AGM of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy
LRC AGM: No short cuts to rebuilding
22 Nov 2012
The November 10 AGM of the Labour Representation Committee was on balance positive. But the left is still painfully weak both organisationally and politically. Andy Gunton of Labour Party Marxists gives his assessment
Socialism 2012: Labour: for a ‘civil war’
08 Nov 2012
Is TUSC the new Labour Party? Mark Fischer reports from a Socialism 2012 session on Labour
Progress: Capitalism’s Trojan horse
11 Oct 2012
Attacks on Progress should be welcomed, but should the left vote for Aslefs rule change? Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists looks at the issues
One nation: Labour turns blue
04 Oct 2012
Ed Miliband invoked the legacy of Benjamin Disraeli in order to embrace the agenda of Blue Labour, argues Paul Demarty
Bans could be a doubled-edged sword
19 Jul 2012
Eddie Ford argues that the balance between left and right in the Labour Party is complex and symbolised by Ed Miliband courting both the traditional working class base and the overtly pro-capitalist right