Democracy & State
Overcoming the enemies within
17 May 2012
The left must unite in order to change the relationship of forces both within and outside the Labour Party, argues Mike Macnair
An attack on us all
27 Nov 2025
Marco Rubio and the US state department have designated four European anti-fascist groups as terrorist. The designation came into effect on November 20. Toby Abse sees the thin end of a wedge targeting the whole of the left
Twenty years of uncertainty
20 Nov 2025
Mahmood wants to pull the rug from under Reform UK by adopting its migration agenda, writes Eddie Ford
Splitting over unity
20 Nov 2025
Despite its own Labourite name, Steve Freeman, of the Republican Labour Education Forum, says there can be no unity with those whom he calls social monarchists … or even those who are committed to Socialist Unity as a label of convenience
Twilight of the Beeb
20 Nov 2025
The current crisis of the BBC is the outcome of long-term transformation of the wider British establishment, and its total subordination to the USA, argues Paul Demarty
Was always time to talk about a republic
06 Nov 2025
Scandal alone is not enough to do away with the House of Windsor. We need determined political activity to put an end to the monarchy and establish the democratic republic, argues Paul Demarty
Not just one rotten apple
30 Oct 2025
Disgraced Prince Andrew’s antics are bad enough - the real scandal is the continued existence of the monarchy. Roll on the red republic, says Paul Demarty
Notes on the war
16 Oct 2025
Donald Trump threatens to supply Tomahawk missiles - a clear escalation, when it comes to war in the rear, says Jack Conrad. Meanwhile, on the front line the stalemate continues and the rainy season has arrived
The road from Eton College
09 Oct 2025
In the final article of his seven-part series, Paul Flewers grapples with a conundrum. Why did George Orwell, a self-proclaimed socialist, collaborate with the British state’s anti-Soviet propaganda machine?
Rightwing bidding war
09 Oct 2025
Kemi Badenoch promises a UK version of America’s ICE, part of a desperate attempt to stem Tory support haemorrhaging to Reform. Not only does this threaten mass deportations, whole areas would be subject to a reign of terror, says Eddie Ford
Uses and abuses of murder
09 Oct 2025
As Israel’s popularity in the west craters, Sir Keir Starmer and the entire establishment cynically use the attack on Manchester synagogue to abuse and further criminalise protest against genocide, argues Paul Demarty
The road from Eton College
02 Oct 2025
In the sixth of his series of seven articles, Paul Flewers asks why George Orwell’s ‘whips woven of words’ fell so easily into the hands of his political opponents
Republicanism and the split
02 Oct 2025
It is not yet possible to assess whether Corbyn or Sultana are champions of the UK’s social monarchy or the English social republic, says Steve Freeman. Choosing between them is not a matter of age or experience, but politics
Saint Charlie and Trump’s crusade
25 Sep 2025
America’s right is unleashing a wave of repression which began with its own version of ‘cancel culture’, but inevitably now includes the left. Paul Demarty calls for organisational preparedness and an uncompromising defence of free speech
All the king’s men
25 Sep 2025
Behind all the talk of the ‘special relationship’, there is radical subordination. What about Trump, the man? Not only was his already huge ego fed, flattered and further inflated: there are the mid-terms and maybe even a third term, writes Eddie Ford
Death of a sycophant
18 Sep 2025
Charlie Kirk’s assassination is another glimpse into a particularly American pathology. Paul Demarty expects nothing good to come of it