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
May 22: Reaction on the march
29 May 2014
Good results for Ukip, and a lukewarm reception for Labour - Paul Demarty argues that the election results exemplify society’s rightward drift
Scotland: Nothing progressive about nationalism
29 May 2014
Sarah McDonald reports on a clumsy attempt to railroad Left Unity Scotland into support for a ‘yes’
Interview: Don't march with nationalists
22 May 2014
Tina Becker spoke to Sandy McBurney of Glasgow Left Unity about the September 18 referendum
Six Counties can of worms
22 May 2014
Yassamine Mather analyses the Gerry Adams arrest
Birmingham schools panic: Horses for courses
22 May 2014
The Birmingham school panic is an ironic product of post-Thatcher Britain, writes Paul Demarty
Rightwing press rocks the boat
10 Apr 2014
Maria Miller and Nick Clegg suffer for the benefit of reactionary media moguls, writes Paul Demarty
The only effective weapon
13 Mar 2014
Life prisoner John Bowden writes from HMP Shotts
Rotten apples, reviews and flowers
13 Mar 2014
The entire police force is institutionally corrupt, says Eddie Ford
Miners' strike: Battle lines drawn
06 Mar 2014
We reprint below our first response to the miners’ strike from an edition of The Leninist
Miners' strike: The gathering storm
27 Feb 2014
In the year of the 30th anniversary of the start of the great miners' strike of 1984/5, we present the first of a series of contemporary extracts from our then factional journal The Leninist
Asbo mania threat
20 Feb 2014
The case of radical Islamic convert, Jordan Horner, may seem insignificant, writes Micky Coulter, but is part of a long-term trend of state attacks on basic freedoms
Pox on both houses
20 Feb 2014
What is the communist stance in relation to the Scottish referendum? Sarah McDonald urges a boycott
Labour: Another Blairite collaborator
06 Feb 2014
Paul Demarty wonders why Sally Morgan of Ofsted was allowed to collaborate with Gove in the first place
UAF demands state ban
30 Jan 2014
The leader of a Hungarian far-right party was allowed to visit London - despite protests. Daniel Harvey reports
Immigration: Chauvinist demagoguery
16 Jan 2014
Paul Demarty looks at the poisonous bilge of our native reactionaries