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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
Setting the record straight
30 Sep 2021
Tony Greenstein reviews 'Labour, the anti-Semitism crisis and the destroying of an MP' by Lee Garratt (Thinkwell Books, 2021, pp237, £10)
Cargo-cult Blairism
30 Sep 2021
Here we are supposed to have the intellectual background. What is revealed is a sad lack of intellectual background. Paul Demarty reviews Keir Starmer's 'The road ahead' (Fabian Ideas, 2021, pp32, £5.95)
Focus group goop
30 Sep 2021
Left treated with blatant contempt. Right relishes its witch-hunt triumph. Andrew Kirkland of Labour Party Marxists reports from the Brighton conference hall
Sir Keir’s second eleven
30 Sep 2021
Derek James says keeping heads down does not amount to a viable strategy
Waiting for the axe
23 Sep 2021
With the Brighton conference about to begin, Derek James of Labour Party Marxists looks at a confused left and the failure to confront a witch-hunt that began not with Keir Starmer, but Jeremy Corbyn
Limbering up for Brighton
16 Sep 2021
Derek James of Labour Party Marxists assesses the prospects for the left at the party’s annual conference
Facing terminal defeat
09 Sep 2021
Yes, we must continue to fight in the Labour Party, writes Tony Greenstein, but what about those who have left or been expelled?
weapon forged in lies
09 Sep 2021
Derek James calls upon the left to show courage and refute every false accusation with the truth
Continue the fight
02 Sep 2021
As Keir Starmer’s regime prepares a hostile environment for socialists at Labour’s annual conference, Labour Against the Witchhunt resolves to step up its campaign. Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists reports on the August 28 online membership meeting
Sir Keir’s ritual sacrifice
29 Jul 2021
Derek James of Labour Party Marxists says the official left’s passive response to the latest upping of the witch-hunt is a direct result of careerism and narrow electoralism
Human rights illusions
29 Jul 2021
Dave Levy has proposed that Labour should make its disciplinary procedure comply with the European Convention on Human Rights. Mike Macnair shows that the project is totally delusional
In spite of everything
22 Jul 2021
Left illusions in cheap populist rhetoric risk splitting the vote and handing victory to the right. Paul Demarty argues in favour of a clear-sighted and long-term strategy
Sir Keir’s road to Brighton
22 Jul 2021
Organisations can be banned, but powerful ideas still live and flourish. Derek James of Labour Party Marxists reports on the growing opposition to the latest stage of the witch-hunt
War on members
15 Jul 2021
Courts are not our friend
15 Jul 2021
Failure of legal attempt to challenge the ‘anti-Zionism equals anti-Semitism’ witch-hunt exposes broad-left illusions in ‘fairness’ and ‘playing by the rules’. Mike Macnair explains