Democracy & State > UK state
Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
Huddersfield and the causes of crime
25 Oct 2018
There is more at stake than criminal justice in the latest grooming scandal, argues Paul Demarty
Tinker, tailor, soldier, Marxist
25 Oct 2018
Lawrence Parker takes issue with some of the interpretations of Michael Bettaney’s life and ideas that have appeared down the years
A man of contradictions
06 Sep 2018
Michael Bettaney (Malkin) February 13 1950-August 16 2018
Hodging their bets
09 Aug 2018
Labour’s Kafkaesque disciplinary procedure is part of the ongoing attacks on free speech, writes Mike Macnair
Telling lies about lies
02 Aug 2018
Despite its claims, the Commons select committee is undermining democracy, writes Paul Demarty
Cliff edges and parachutes
26 Jul 2018
The Brexit crisis is deepening and almost anything can happen, writes Eddie Ford
What sort of unity?
05 Jul 2018
Review of Kevin Meagher's 'A united Ireland: why unification is inevitable and how it will come about'. Biteback Publishing, 2016, pp237, £12.99
A health service worthy of the name
28 Jun 2018
As the NHS approaches its 70th anniversary, James Linney calls for a radically new approach
Gifts for the NHS
21 Jun 2018
Theresa May’s narrow victory in the Commons is hardly a vote of confidence in her government, reckons Paul Demarty
Across the sectarian divide
14 Jun 2018
There is more to the border question than meets the eye, says James Harvey
A very British cover-up
07 Jun 2018
Conspiracies do happen, as the Jeremy Thorpe scandal proves. And Eddie Ford reckons the establishment might also conspire against Jeremy Corbyn in the event of a Labour victory
Sacked for daring to tell the truth
07 Jun 2018
Contribute to the fight to reinstate Stan Keable, urges David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists
Beyond the border quandary
31 May 2018
Brexit is in the interest of neither British nor Irish capital, writes James Harvey
The Firm reinvents itself
24 May 2018
The royal wedding was used to present the monarchy and the entire establishment as modern, progressive ... and anti-racist, writes Eddie Ford
The royal wedding and platonic republicanism
17 May 2018
Eddie Ford thinks the left, and Jeremy Corbyn, should take the monarchy seriously