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Secularism is hostile to state religion, not religion
23 Feb 2012
Separation of church and state is a basic democratic demand bitterly resisted by the British establishment, writes Eddie Ford
A gay day for equality
28 May 2015
Anne McShane celebrates the defeat of the Catholic church and calls for the battle for democracy to include the aim of socialism
After the death of Jesus
02 Apr 2015
According to western Christian mythology, Jesus died on Good Friday and came back to life three days later on what we now call Easter Monday. But, argues Jack Conrad, Jesus and his first followers were not Christians, but Jewish revolutionaries. It was Paul who invented Christianity
The new normal
19 Feb 2015
As Denmark becomes the latest staging ground for Islamist atrocities, Paul Demarty asks how the left can confront the growth of religious reaction
Confusion abounds
15 Jan 2015
How has the left reacted to the Paris slaughter? Peter Manson has been taking a look
United front of the bourgeoisie
15 Jan 2015
Government leaders who gathered in Paris to express ‘solidarity’ with Charlie Hebdo are no friends of free speech, says Eddie Ford
Qui est Charlie?
15 Jan 2015
Paul Demarty asks, who exactly is Charlie?
The meaning of Jewish identity
08 Jan 2015
Shlomo Sand How I stopped being a Jew Verso, 2014, pp102, £9.99
Neither meek nor mild
18 Dec 2014
Jesus was a rabbi, a communist and a brave revolutionary, argues Jack Conrad
No safe space for women
30 Oct 2014
Yassamine Mather points to the link between two outrages in the Islamic Republic
Infighting in the Vatican
23 Oct 2014
Deep divisions over divorce and homosexuality were revealed by the recent synod, reports Eddie Ford
Cameron decides to do god
22 May 2014
Regardless of whether Britain is a ‘Christian country’ or not, says Eddie Ford, communists fight for the separation of church and state
Solidarity with women of Iran
06 Mar 2014
Yassamine Mather salutes those struggling against oppression
Stirring stagnant Saudi waters
31 Oct 2013
When is it OK to oppress women? When the oppressor is a key ally and trade partner, answers Eddie Ford
Religion: Painfully detailed origins
26 Sep 2013
David Douglass reviews: John Pickard, 'Behind the myths: the foundations of Judaism, Christianity and Islam', AuthorHouseUK, 2013, pp492, £17.99
God of the gaps
01 Aug 2013
Justin Welby is a hypocrite, but his credit union plans are a symptom of the decline of the workers movement, argues Paul Demarty