Democracy & State > Nationalism
Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
Right questions, wrong answers
27 Jun 2024
George Galloway launched his Workers Party of Britain manifesto before the assembled media. It is characterised by an eclectic mix of World War II nostalgia, radical populism and ‘socialism in one country’ Stalinism, says Carla Roberts
Galloway’s motley crew
06 Jun 2024
Economic nationalism and anti-war internationalism are combined together with social conservatism. Paul Demarty has a look at the Workers Party and its quirky slate of candidates
Breaking the grip of Zionism
06 Jun 2024
There is a way out of the hell into which the Palestinian masses have been consigned by Israeli settler‑colonialism. Jack Conrad presents the communist solution
Not a zero-sum game
30 May 2024
Capitalist solutions are no solution. Moshé Machover argues that only a regional socialist ferment can win Jewish-Israeli workers away from Zionism and the politics of national privilege
Sir Keir flies the flag
02 May 2024
Labour told candidates to mark St George’s Day ‘with enthusiasm’. Then there was the England jersey furore. Carl Collins examines the role of hegemony in today’s culture wars
Foibles, fantasies and failure
02 May 2024
For too long much of the left has tailed Scottish nationalism. Yet Humza Yousaf’s fall demonstrates that control is still exercised by Westminster. But it is not just about the legal limits of devolution: there is economic reality too, writes Mike Macnair
Strengthen those red lines
11 Apr 2024
Left groups are arguing about the class nature of a possible Sinn Féin-led government. Even about joining as coalition partners and getting the perks and privileges of junior ministers. Anne McShane calls for unity around tried and tested principles, not diplomatic fudges
Delight and rising hopes
04 Apr 2024
Esen Uslu highlights the economics and politics behind the huge defeat suffered by Erdoğan’s electoral bloc and the opportunities that have opened up
Distrust your government
14 Mar 2024
What should the communist position be on defence of existing states, national self-determination and war? Marc Mulholland based his talk to Communist University Spring 2024 on this study
Navalny’s sticky end
22 Feb 2024
Paul Demarty looks at the death of a persistent critic and irritant to Vladimir Putin and the FSB regime ... and a hero of the west, who showed undoubted courage in the face of cruel persecution
Don’t cry for Milei, Argentina
30 Nov 2023
The election of an anarcho-capitalist eccentric as president is the latest example of bourgeois politics descending into irrationality, argues Paul Demarty
Nigel’s next adventure
23 Nov 2023
However he gets on in the jungle, Nigel Farage is far from done with frontline politics, writes Paul Demarty
Europe swings right
05 Oct 2023
With far-right parties making big gains and set for further advance in EU elections in 2024, Kevin Bean asks how the left should respond
Give Tusc critical support
28 Sep 2023
Voting Labour will strengthen the hand of Sir Keir and the right. Scott Evans reports on the recall background, the fixes and the candidates standing in the October 5 by-election
Elephant in the room
21 Sep 2023
It is Zionism, not anti-Zionism, that is joined to anti-Semitism. Tony Greenstein calls out the CPB’s resident Zionist, Mary Davis