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
Waiting for the axe
23 Sep 2021
With the Brighton conference about to begin, Derek James of Labour Party Marxists looks at a confused left and the failure to confront a witch-hunt that began not with Keir Starmer, but Jeremy Corbyn
Enlightened constitutions
23 Sep 2021
Mike Macnair shows that the US constitution modernised the English constitution - no monarch, no hereditary peers, no state church - but made the interests of capital more secure against the lower orders
One coup attempt or two?
23 Sep 2021
There was general Mark Milley too. Daniel Lazare re-examines January 6 in light of the latest revelations
Combating the Capitalistocene
23 Sep 2021
With global temperatures in danger of increasing to 1.5 ºC above pre-industrial levels by 2025, Eddie Ford fears that governments might actually do something - at our expense
Media muddle
23 Sep 2021
Yes, they are deeply reactionary, writes Yassamine Mather. But they have learnt to survive, adapt and win
Dealing with anti-vaxxers
16 Sep 2021
Invading BBC, ITN and Google. Paul Demarty examines vaccine madness and the limits of coercive action
Class, state and constitution
16 Sep 2021
Rising classes have to reshape states in their own interests. Mike Macnair explores the revolutionary origins of capitalist modernity
Rightwing hopes dashed
16 Sep 2021
After the scuttle from Afghanistan, reality is finally sinking in for the royalist, cultist and paid-for ‘regime change’ advocates, writes Yassamine Mather
Mirror images of terror
16 Sep 2021
Al Qa’eda wanted to provoke, the US neocons wanted to be provoked. The result has been a whole series of failed states, writes Eddie Ford
Limbering up for Brighton
16 Sep 2021
Derek James of Labour Party Marxists assesses the prospects for the left at the party’s annual conference
Accused of corruption
09 Sep 2021
It is bad enough that a ‘communist’ is a senior minister in a capitalist government, writes Peter Manson. But now things are even worse
Facing terminal defeat
09 Sep 2021
Yes, we must continue to fight in the Labour Party, writes Tony Greenstein, but what about those who have left or been expelled?
Artificial antiquity
09 Sep 2021
The creation of a new constitution is not only relevant to social transition. It is fundamental, argues Mike Macnair
The great game and geopolitics
09 Sep 2021
For all Xi’s rhetoric, the power struggle between the Communist Party of China and the country’s billionaires is far from decided, writes Paul Demarty
Reruns and failures
09 Sep 2021
Eddie Ford is unsurprised by America’s failure to get a smooth, South Africa-type transition of power