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
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
weapon forged in lies
09 Sep 2021
Derek James calls upon the left to show courage and refute every false accusation with the truth
Continue the fight
02 Sep 2021
As Keir Starmer’s regime prepares a hostile environment for socialists at Labour’s annual conference, Labour Against the Witchhunt resolves to step up its campaign. Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists reports on the August 28 online membership meeting
Constitutions ancient and modern
02 Sep 2021
Bourgeois politicians, not least those in Britain and the US, make frankly risible claims about the constitutions of their respective countries. But, argues Mike Macnair in the first of two articles, Marxists are right to treat constitutions seriously
No longer a US problem
02 Sep 2021
Undoubtedly the region’s powers see opportunities with the Americans gone, but mostly they see dangers. Yassamine Mather looks at the prospects now that the Taliban are back in Kabul