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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
Orwellian experience
11 Oct 2007
Today British politicians shed crocodile tears over the repression of the Burmese regime, but the terror of Than Shwe cannot equal the brutality and arrogance endured by the Burmese people under British colonial rule from 1886 to 1948. Emily Branson comments
Booze, fags and turkey twizzlers
11 Oct 2007
On October 1, it became illegal for under-18s to buy tobacco. James Turley comments
Spin on this, Brown
11 Oct 2007
Gordon Brown should not have the right to dedice when the electorate get to vote. Jim Moody calls for annual parliaments
Beyond the prison walls
20 Sep 2007
How should communists respond to any upsurge in industrial action? Last month's POA dispute offers some useful lessons. Jack Conrad examines the arguments
The prison officers dilemma
13 Sep 2007
Cameron Richards takes issue with Jim Moody's article 'The turn of the screws' (September 6) and the position of the CPGB leadership
The turn of the screws
06 Sep 2007
Jim Moody comments on last week's strike of the Prison Officers' Association and asks: Are prison officers state agents or workers in uniform?
Head to head
09 Aug 2007
As we go to press, voting is about to begin in the August 9 by-election for Shadwell ward in the east London borough of Tower Hamlets. The election campaign, triggered by the bitter resignation of Shamim Chowdhury - from Respect as well as from the council - saw Harun Miah go head to head with former Labour council leader Michael Keith. Huw Bynon reports
Compensation, not insurance
02 Aug 2007
Eddie Ford comments on the floods: Communists argue that in the event of a disaster or major accident any redress made should be based on a system of need, not individualised insurance schemes. And logically this requires that a universal compensation system be set up
Conservative Lite
26 Jul 2007
Only 18 months in the job and Cameron's position as Conservative Party leader is being questioned. Jim Moody comments
Reinforcing misery
19 Jul 2007
Carey Davies reports on the Conservative 'remedies' for a 'broken society'
The myth of 'One Wales'
19 Jul 2007
Cameron Richards looks at 'the most progressive government programme in Britain for 30 years'
Complacent indifference
12 Jul 2007
Peter Manson on the session 'Scotland - on the road to independence?'
Good theorist fallen amongst economists
12 Jul 2007
Mark Fischer reports on the session with Neil Davidson
Despair and the fantastic
12 Jul 2007
The London bomb attacks signal the failure of the left, says Eddie Ford
Dublin 1916 and the 'blood sacrifice'
05 Jul 2007
Philip Ferguson gives his view on some common criticisms of James Connolly