Democracy & State > Trade unions
Anarchist origins of the 'general strike' slogan
17 Mar 2011
We set up this debate in response to widespread calls from the Trotskyist left for the TUC to call a general strike against the cuts. This is Mike Macnair's opening
Obituaries: Two miners’ heroes
28 Jul 2016
David Douglass remembers Brian Robson and Davey Hopper
Time for Corbyn to speak out
21 Jul 2016
What does the right do when it loses an election? It voids the result! Tony Greenstein reports on the suspension of the largest local Labour unit
Which side are you on?
21 Jul 2016
Why is the Morning Star’s Communist Party of Britain willing to be an ally of the Labour thought police, asks Dave Lynch
Don’t rely on the courts
14 Jul 2016
Mike Macnair considers the likelihood of a legal challenge to Labour’s NEC
Turn the tables on the right
30 Jun 2016
The coup attempt against Jeremy Corbyn presents the left with both a huge challenge and an historic opportunity. James Marshall, writing for Labour Party Marxists, assesses the balance of forces, and outlines a programme of immediate action and long-term strategic aims
Principles of syndicalism
16 Jun 2016
Dave Douglass reviews: Lewis H Mates, 'The great labour unrest: rank and file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield', Manchester University Press, 2016, pp328, £75
Decision time approaching
09 Jun 2016
The SACP’s alliance with the ANC is in crisis. Peter Manson reports
Reject the new contract
02 Jun 2016
We need to develop a realistic strategy for victory, writes Richard Galen
Political response needed
02 Jun 2016
How will the resistance to France’s ‘labour reforms’ end? Daren Greene looks at the contending forces
Two reactionary camps
26 May 2016
Our class can gain nothing by voting for either of the two options, argues Peter Manson
Social democratic stepping stone
19 May 2016
Arthur Bough responds to Mike Macnair
Don’t apologise - attack
19 May 2016
The right will not let up if we retreat before their smears, argues Moshé Machover. This is an edited version of his speech to the May 15 London Communist Forum
New federation put on hold
05 May 2016
Cosatu rival is yet to get off the ground, reports Peter Manson
Solidarity and concrete action
21 Apr 2016
Last weekend’s demonstration was dominated by the politics of Corbynism, writes Peter Manson
Harmful change is intolerable
07 Apr 2016
Joint action is the way forward, says Richard Galen - and so is affiliation to the TUC