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
Where are our trigger ballots?
04 Apr 2019
Jeremy Corbyn keeps digging his own grave, says Carla Roberts. But we want to bury the right
Consensus unlikely to break out
04 Apr 2019
Enraging the right, Theresa May has asked Jeremy Corbyn to help break the impasse. But is it a genuine offer or a trap, asks Eddie Ford
March for a national government
28 Mar 2019
Eddie Ford warns those on the left backing the People’s Vote campaign - be careful what you wish for
Time to end the tailism
28 Mar 2019
With the United Kingdom in the grip of a profound constitutional crisis, Jack Conrad says the left must reject referendums as a matter of principle. Instead we need our own programme and our own tactics
Another victim of the witch hunt
28 Mar 2019
Jackie Walker was expelled by a supposedly ‘leftwing’ panel, notes Carla Roberts
We are where we are
28 Mar 2019
William Sarsfield reports on a successful meeting in solidarity with Chris Williamson and Jackie Walker
The government is missing
28 Mar 2019
As the clock ticks down, nobody is meaningfully in charge, writes Paul Demarty
Bercow’s coup settles nothing
21 Mar 2019
As the chaos continues, Paul Demarty considers the state of British ‘democracy’
Reactionary and dangerous
21 Mar 2019
Mike Macnair condemns Sajid Javid’s cheap grandstanding and critiques proposals to ‘modernise’ treason law
Foul residue of colonialism
21 Mar 2019
Rex Dunn examines how the culture and politics of New Zealand and Australia contributed to the Christchurch massacre
Maggots, Marxists and Muslims
21 Mar 2019
Like Anders Breivik, the Christchurch killer has a programmatic world view. Eddie Ford looks at the fascistic idealism of Brenton Tarrant
Reinstate Peter Gregson
14 Mar 2019
The use of the IHRA ‘definition’ of anti-Semitism to expel a union activist marks a new low, writes David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists
Follow my leader
14 Mar 2019
Whatever happened to the democratic exchange of ideas? William Sarsfield reports on the CLPD’s March 9 AGM
Corbyn should speak up
14 Mar 2019
Labour HQ has decided upon yet more suspensions. Carla Roberts reports on the appalling consequences of appeasement
Hitting the reset button?
14 Mar 2019
Now that Theresa May’s deal has been defeated for a second time and MPs have voted against ‘no deal’, Eddie Ford says almost anything can happen in the short term. But in the longer term the expectations of the Brexiteers will surely be betrayed