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
Not a serious response
05 Mar 2026
Thoughtful, but sharp polemics are useful. Bashing jobs to score points, which ignore the actual arguments of the other side, are not. Vincent David of the Spartacist League dismisses Mike Macnair’s polemic
German takes on the general strike
05 Mar 2026
Marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Jack Conrad looks at how Belgium’s 1893 suffrage strike and Russia’s 1905 revolution impacted on German social democracy. By 1914 plans were well afoot
Labour on the ropes
05 Mar 2026
After the Green victory in Gorton and Denton, things look grim for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government. But class strategy needs to be central, writes Paul Demarty
Strike against death machine
26 Feb 2026
There has not being anything like the February 6 coordination in terms of scale so far. Toby Abse welcomes the overtly political strike action taken by dockers against Israel’s continued assault on the Palestinians
Escape from paradise
26 Feb 2026
Under a catastrophic US oil blockade, the country is suffering blackouts, shortages of basics and a draining exodus of young people. Yet there are still those on the left who imagine that small and medium-sized countries can be really independent and even build their very own socialist society, writes Eddie Ford
Sticking plaster budgets
26 Feb 2026
We want a democracy for the people that works through the people. Tam Dean Burn reports on the ‘people’s budget’ initiative proposed by Your Party councillors in Glasgow
Not just a feudal relic
26 Feb 2026
It is not enough to exploit occasional royal scandals, let alone adopt monarchical socialism, argues Paul Demarty. The left needs to consistently advocate a democratic republic as a matter of basic programmatic principle
Ban fraudulent legislation
19 Feb 2026
Judges have struck down the government decision to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism legislation. This is an important victory - but a limited one, argues Mike Macnair. In the name of ‘national security’ the government can, and says it will, appeal
Not nationalism but regionalism
12 Feb 2026
Having rightly opposed the illusions in nationalism in Your Party Scotland, Peter Kennedy proposes his own recipe for the future
Heading to dreamland
12 Feb 2026
Separatism is taken as common sense by much of what passes for the left in Scotland nowadays. But, argues Peter Kennedy, socialism and nationalism contradict each other
We will not be silenced
05 Feb 2026
After Bondi, Zionists are cynically attempting to link the December 14 massacre to the pro-Palestine movement. Labor Tribune editor Marcus Strom reports from Sydney
More lies, more paranoia
05 Feb 2026
Rightwing media outlets continue to denounce the new Chinese embassy building - clearly they take their cue from Donald Trump and his claim that it is “very dangerous” for the UK do business with China. Mike Macnair explores what lies behind the entirely artificial campaign
While the vultures circle
05 Feb 2026
Even before the election has taken place, Gorton and Denton is being touted as another humiliating blow for Labour and yet another triumph for Reform. Eddie Ford is not convinced. True, Sir Keir is on the ropes in parliament, but expect tactical voting
Classical Marxism and general strikes
29 Jan 2026
Can the working class liberate itself through staging one big strike? That was the idea of Chartist leaders and is still the idea of left groups today. Marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Jack Conrad looks at the Marx-Engels team and the international debates
History repeating itself
29 Jan 2026
Once protected by the US, Kurdish fighters have withdrawn to Kobane and Al Hasakah, but face annihilation. They no longer serve America’s strategic interests. Trump is backing the former terrorist Ahmad al-Sharaa. Esen Uslu pleads for lessons to be learnt