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
Britain's drystone wall
02 Mar 2006
Can the British constitution be reformed? Not without mass political action by the working class, argues Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group
Allying with the nationalists
02 Mar 2006
Nick Rogers looks at the key issue before this weekend's SSP annual conference
Basra quagmire
23 Feb 2006
Yassamine Mather (Iran Bulletin Middle East Forum and Critique) calls for solidarity with the Basra oil workers
Banning bad ideas
23 Feb 2006
David Irving's conviction for holocaust denial and three-year sentence in an Austrian prison is not good news for communists and democrats, say Tina Becker and Eddie Ford. It is in our own self-interest to oppose anti-free speech laws and proscriptions, as sooner or later they will be used against us
Hidden controversy
23 Feb 2006
Dave Landau, a representative of the Jewish Socialist Group, attended the Unite Against Fascism conference on February 18
Oppose all blasphemy laws
16 Feb 2006
Communists fight for the complete separation of church and state, says Eddie Ford
SWP and freedom of speech
16 Feb 2006
Michelle Euston reports on the Socialist Workers Party's rally 'Socialists and the Movement' in London, while Ted North attended the event in Sheffield
Islamophobia: no! Free speech: yes!
16 Feb 2006
Peter Manson analyses the furore over the Danish cartoon controversy
No to war, no to mullahs
09 Feb 2006
Yassamine Mather (Critique and Iran Bulletin Middle East Forum) comments on the situation in Iran
Marching towards self-organisation
09 Feb 2006
Emily Bransom reports on a new website set up by disgruntled soldiers
Democracy in the dock
09 Feb 2006
Fight the BNP but defend freedom of speech too - Eddie Ford comments
History of Hamas
02 Feb 2006
An examination of Hamas's roots, both historical and political-theological, reveals beyond doubt that its anti-Zionism and anti-imperialism is programmatically counterrevolutionary, argues Eddie Ford. Or, to put it more starkly, in Hamas we encounter a reactionary ideology of the oppressed
Learn military art
02 Feb 2006
From VI Lenin, 'The military programme of the proletarian revolution' (1916 - www.marxists.org)
Freedom of speech still in danger
02 Feb 2006
While Blair's defeat over religious incitement is to be welcomed, the new law could still be wielded against the working class, writes Peter Manson. That is why it is appalling that George Galloway and Respect were New Labour's only allies in the Commons
Fight for soldiers' rights
02 Feb 2006
Emily Bransom comments on demands by disgruntled British soldiers to form their own 'armed forces federation'