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
Sturgeon no more
20 Mar 2025
Talented, personable, politically astute and, in the end, a complete failure. Scott Evans looks at the rise and fall of Scotland’s former first minister
Big trouble in Little England
13 Mar 2025
Though riding high in the polls, Reform UK has been plunged into recriminations. Paul Demarty assesses the party’s prospects after the Rupert Lowe affair
Abdullah Öcalan’s statement
06 Mar 2025
Ending armed resistance
06 Mar 2025
There is a new phase opening up along with new challenges. Esen Uslu explains the call for the PKK to lay down arms and dissolve itself in favour of ‘normal’ political activity
Venezuelan lessons
06 Feb 2025
Chris Gray reviews Chris Gilbert Commune or nothing! Venezuela’s communal movement and its socialist project Monthly Review Press 2023, pp216, £18
March to the right
06 Feb 2025
Reform is now polling ahead of both Labour and the Tories. But our prime focus should not be on the far right. No, says Eddie Ford, we need a principled programme and a working class alternative to Labourism
On the merry-go-round
05 Dec 2024
Discontent with the government has not translated into change. In fact, what is notable is the lack of change, reports Anne McShane
A modern chameleon
07 Nov 2024
Kemi Badenoch is fully on board the global helter skelter to the far right and ‘anti-woke’ national chauvinism. She is, argues Paul Demarty, the perfect match for Donald Trump
We need clear red lines
24 Oct 2024
Fighting fascism and racism by marching with Zionists is an unmistakable example of rank opportunist betrayal. Zionism is racism. To effectively combat today’s far right we must, argues Jack Conrad, begin with clear definitions, a firm grasp of history and reject the ‘broad as possible’ approach of popular frontism
Slippery road ahead
17 Oct 2024
Kurdish politics are hugely complex. Not only do they involve a dizzy range of parties, factions and interests: there are the regional power players too. Esen Uslu looks at the ever changing alliances and positions
Hip-hoppers with a cause
12 Sep 2024
Billy Clark reviews Rich Peppiatt (director) Kneecap 2024, general release
Government parties rejected
05 Sep 2024
Alternative für Deutschland was the clear winner in state elections and the establishment has been rattled. But what to make of former ‘official communist’ Sahra Wagenknecht and her BSW? Carla Roberts investigates
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