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Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
Great pension robbery
22 Jul 2021
Miners have been deprived of part of their ‘deferred wages’. David John Douglass exposes the actions of successive governments
Pandemic to pingdemic
22 Jul 2021
Boris Johnson’s ‘Freedom Day’ did not exactly go as planned. In fact it was a fiasco. Despite that, Eddie Ford warns of an early general election
Masks for Freedom Day
15 Jul 2021
Derek James has no time for the government’s mixed messaging or Starmer’s constructive opposition
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
What did England expect?
15 Jul 2021
Following narrow defeat at the hands of Italy, the meaning of it all is being hotly fought over. Paul Demarty urges the left to think beyond gesture politics
A troublesome princess
01 Jul 2021
On July 1, the estranged princes, William and Harry Windsor, together with members of the Spencer family, will gather in the grounds of Kensington Palace to unveil a statue in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, by Ian Rank-Broadley. Commissioned in 2017 to mark the 20th anniversary of her death on August 31 1997, the unveiling coincides with what would have been her 60th birthday. Here we republish what Jack Conrad wrote for this paper on September 4 1997
So runs the tide
24 Jun 2021
Will the DUP be able to restore its former dominance under its new leader? Derek James is doubtful
No-platforming fraud
24 Jun 2021
Government proposals for legislation to ‘protect free speech’ in universities are part of the ongoing culture wars designed to please the rightwing press, argues Mike Macnair. This article is adapted from his June 20 Online Communist Forum talk
Blue and red walls crack
24 Jun 2021
Should the left refuse to call for a Labour vote because of crap politics and crap candidates? Eddie Ford calls for strategic thinking, not knee-jerk reactions
From G7 to D11
17 Jun 2021
Carbis Bay was more about creating a US-led anti-Chinese alliance than vaccinating the world or saving the planet, maintains Eddie Ford
Penny-pinching boosterism
10 Jun 2021
Lots of soundbites, no joined-up thinking. Derek James looks at the poverty of the latest ‘great debate’
Promises, losers and threats
10 Jun 2021
The G7 summit is going to see a reassertion of American hegemony. But, asks Eddie Ford, will this really mean a return of the social democratic consensus?
‘Anti-Semitism’ and culture wars
03 Jun 2021
Derek James links the press attacks on the mass demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians to a wider Tory offensive
Story built on lies
03 Jun 2021
David Douglass reviews 'Thatcher vs the miners: the battle for Britain', produced by Harry Bell and Brendan Hughes and broadcast on Channel 5
Putting profit first
27 May 2021
After 30 years of privatisation, writes Vernon Price, it remains clear where the government’s priorities lie