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 oppressed but a joint oppressor
03 Aug 2006
Was Scotland subject to a takeover by England in 1707? Does Scotland suffer from English cultural imperialism? Jack Conrad questions some more left nationalist myths and assumptions
Confident campaign
27 Jul 2006
John McDonnell was bullish about both the Labour Representation Committee conference and the prospects for his leadership campaign when he spoke to Mark Fischer
21st century socialism
27 Jul 2006
Owen Jones is the coordinator of the recently launched LRC youth group, the Young Socialists, and is on the John McDonnell campaign team. Mark Fischer collared him for an argument
Astute timing but weak politics
27 Jul 2006
The John McDonnell challenge affords the Labour left a chance of a comeback, Mark Fischer reckons. But what should be the role of Marxists in the party?
Don't desert them
27 Jul 2006
'No to war, no to repression' is an open letter by Iranian student leaders in opposition to both imperialist aggression and the oppression of the islamic regime. Two were recently arrested. Mehdi Kia of Iran Bulletin/Middle East Forum introduces it with a discussion of its background and the solidarity tasks of the left
Nationalist myths are not Marxism
27 Jul 2006
Jack Conrad argues against the Scottish Socialist Party's claim that Scotland is an oppressed nation, an English colony. Prior to the 1707 Act of Union Scotland was not a nation
No to war, no to repression
27 Jul 2006
Defending national socialism is not Marxism
20 Jul 2006
Jack Conrad begins an extensive reply to Bob Goupillot with an examination of the principle of 'one state, one party' and its history
Sleaze is back
20 Jul 2006
But, argues Mike Macnair, it never really went away
SWP apologetics for reactionary anti-imperialism
20 Jul 2006
Eddie Ford comments on Socialist Worker's recent coverage of the unfolding situation in Somalia
Different roads to unity
20 Jul 2006
Should 'one state, one party' be applied to Britain in current political circumstances? Bob Goupillot of the Republican Communist Network (Scotland) and the Scottish Socialist Party argues that the unity of the working class can at present best be served by a separate party for Scotland
Come back and fight (and vote)
20 Jul 2006
John McDonnell's decision to contest the Labour leadership opens up opportunities for the left, writes Graham Bash of Labour Left Briefing
Iranian left protests against apologetics
13 Jul 2006
Like the Socialist Workers Party, Monthly Review in the United States has toned down its opposition to the Iranian regime. Iranian socialists have issued this open letter in protest at its coverage of the June 12 women's demonstration in Tehran
Ian Donovan's original letter
06 Jul 2006
'Class lines' against democracy
06 Jul 2006
Mike Macnair takes on Ian Donovan