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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

Socialist Party: Economist republicanism

08 Nov 2012

The Socialist Party's economism was on full display during a session on the monarchy and the state reports Peter Manson

Socialist Party: Joining the nationalist bandwagon

08 Nov 2012

Sarah McDonald reports on SPEW's commitment to socialism in one country

Tories: Revenge of the nasty party

01 Nov 2012

David Cameron once liked to pose as a compassionate Conservative, writes Paul Demarty. But no longer

Scotland: Independence from what?

25 Oct 2012

The Scottish National Partys support for Nato confirms Alex Salmond as a canny bourgeois politician, argues Paul Demarty

Hillsborough: Crown in the dock

25 Oct 2012

Steve Freeman and Phil Vellender take a closer look at the Hillsborough cover-up and locate the blame at the very top

Remorse and retrenchment

27 Sep 2012

The big story from the Liberal Democrat conference is Nick Cleggs apology for raising student fees - but his party is as wedded to the Tories as ever, argues Paul Demarty

Partly off one knee

13 Sep 2012

The Trade Union Congress decision to consider the option of a general strike represents a small step forward, writes Mike Macnair

Honour among thieves

16 Aug 2012

Recent frictions in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition are an object lesson in the cynicism of bourgeois politics, argues Paul Demarty

Behind the ‘spectacular success’

02 Aug 2012

Shawn Carter documents the mistreatment of Critical Mass cyclists, including himself

Diamond in the rough

05 Jul 2012

The latest scandal to hit the banking sector could become truly explosive, writes Paul Demarty

Police commissioners or citizen militias

21 Jun 2012

Jim Moody of Labour Party Marxists contrasts state policing with extreme democracy