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
Johnson’s criminal incompetence
11 Jun 2020
By global standards, writes Eddie Ford, the government’s handling of the pandemic has been appalling
Backward Momentum
11 Jun 2020
Jon Lansman’s organisation is trying to reinvent itself. But, looking at the contending factions, Daniel Harvey is convinced that the whole project is bankrupt
Discontent and messianism
11 Jun 2020
Chris Gray gives his take on the various oppressive regime forms that have appeared in modern times
Too smug to fail
04 Jun 2020
The survival of Dominic Cummings is typical of the elite’s insulation from the pandemic, argues Paul Demarty
Global unions needed
04 Jun 2020
Workers in Sunderland should not be pitted against workers in Barcelona, writes Eddie Ford
Reinstate the Wavertree Four
04 Jun 2020
The witch-hunt of leftwingers is now being carried out by ‘leftwingers’, says Paul Drummond
Beijing’s poisoned chalice
28 May 2020
Hong Kong’s prosperity has precious little to do with democracy, writes Eddie Ford
Power, not office
28 May 2020
With the main parties still jockeying for position, James Harvey looks at the ongoing calls for a ‘left government’ with Sinn Féin
Run, run, run away
28 May 2020
Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists fears that technical reasons are being used to hide rotten politics
All will not end well
15 May 2020
Despite the easing of the lockdown, there will be no quick economic bounce-back, warns Toby Abse
Logic behind the madness
07 May 2020
Eddie Ford reports on the many failures of the UK and US governments
Stand up to witch-hunters
07 May 2020
Those who fail to show solidarity should not be given solidarity, writes David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists
Shielding the powerful
23 Apr 2020
Heavy-handed legal threats against Labour show up the real effects of data protection legislation, argues Paul Demarty
Sleepwalking into disaster
23 Apr 2020
The government knew for years that a ‘terrifying’ pandemic was coming, says Eddie Ford, yet it did next to nothing to prepare
Weaponising ‘anti-Semitism’
23 Apr 2020
Labour’s leaked report does not tackle the central question, argues Moshé Machover