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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
New Labour sleaze merchants
23 Mar 2006
Capitalism inevitably means corruption, says Eddie Ford
New Labour sleaze merchants
16 Mar 2006
Capitalism inevitably means corruption, says Eddie Ford
Freedom of speech still in danger
02 Feb 2006
While Blair's defeat over religious incitement is to be welcomed, the new law could still be wielded against the working class, writes Peter Manson. That is why it is appalling that George Galloway and Respect were New Labour's only allies in the Commons
Authoritarian agenda
26 Jan 2006
Anne Mc Shane comments on Tony Blair's latest anti-social crackdown
Festival of Labourism?
19 Jan 2006
The working class movement needs its own republican socialist party, argues Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group
Umbilical cord joins New Labour to Cameron's Tories
05 Jan 2006
Graham Bash (Labour Left Briefing) assesses the left's prospects for 2006 - and urges support for an unusual candidate to the new Labour Party NEC
Don't break the link
05 Feb 2004
Marcus Ström calls for increased, not decreased, union affiliation to the Labour Party
Walk on two legs
05 Feb 2004
Mark Fischer reports on a debate that concerns the whole left
Blair's stitch-up backfires
05 Feb 2004
The virtually complete exoneration of the Blair government of any wrongdoing in regard to the death of Dr David Kelly by Lord Hutton can only produce incredulity, says Ian Donovan
Media manipulation
05 Feb 2004
Dave Osler on the government campaign of media manipulation in the wake of the death of Dr Daved Kelly
Theses on the Labour Party
29 Jan 2004
Divided four ways
08 Jan 2004
There are deep divisions in the leadership of the 'Morning Star's Communist Party of Britain over what attitude to adopt towards the new Respect coalition. Can its forthcoming special congress resolve the contradictions? Alan Rees investigates
Healthcare and moral hysteria
08 Jan 2004
New Labour is proposing to charge failed asylum-seekers for healthcare. There is more to this move than budget trimming, argues Jem Jones
Antidote to Blairite lies and deceit
08 Jan 2004
The issue of health is one of those battlegrounds that Blair could easily become unstuck over in the next few years. , says Phil Hamilton
Back in Labour's fold
08 Jan 2004
Ken Livingstone's reinstatement into the Labour Party is at one level a significant defeat for Tony Blair, says Ian Donovan