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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
Captain Clegg will not go down with his ship
12 May 2011
After the May 5 elections and referendum Nick Clegg and co seem to face extinction as an independent political party, observes Eddie Ford
Agitation for independent working class politics
12 May 2011
Electoral tactics was the main topic on May 8 at the CPGB's all-members' aggregate meeting in London. Alex John reports
Constitutional crisis beckons
12 May 2011
Labour's defeat at the hands of the SNP is hardly a cause for celebration, argues Sarah McDonald
The fall of the Murdoch empire?
21 Apr 2011
As the News of the World phone-hacking scandal grows, the corruption underlying the bourgeois state becomes ever more obvious, argues James Turley
Left gets it wrong
21 Apr 2011
Cameron should not be condemned for playing into the hands of the BNP, argues Peter Manson. He should be condemned for pushing a vicious anti-working class line right now
Cracks in state apparatus
17 Mar 2011
We have to face the full social role of the police squarely, writes James Turley
No champions of democracy
03 Mar 2011
David Cameron's gun-toting trade tour is a much-needed reminder of imperialism's real interest in the Middle East, writes James Turley
Despised by the Tory right
24 Feb 2011
James Turley says that Kenneth Clarke is telling his party exactly what it does not want to hear
Police agents exposed
20 Jan 2011
Mark Kennedy was not the only spy to infiltrate the eco-protest movement. It is endemic, argues Eddie Ford
Pause for thought
16 Dec 2010
We do not live in a democracy, we live in a 'rule of law' state, argues Mike Macnair
The second death of Liberal England
09 Dec 2010
The weakness of the Liberal Democrats benefits the Tories more than the workers' movement, argues James Turley
After Millbank: the way forward
18 Nov 2010
Communists have no truck with cowardly and hypocritical condemnations, writes James Turley
Joke at your peril
18 Nov 2010
Jim Moody asks if the courts have undergone a humour bypass operation
Rehabilitation, not punishment
11 Nov 2010
Communists are vehemently opposed to any prisoner being disenfranchised, writes Jim Moody
The lying game
11 Nov 2010
Yes, Phil Woolas lied through his teeth - but they all do, including the Liberal Democrats. Eddie Ford looks at the Oldham East ruling