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
The crisis of democracy
02 Aug 2018
No to a second referendum, writes Steve Freeman. Yes to a ratification referendum
Telling lies about lies
02 Aug 2018
Despite its claims, the Commons select committee is undermining democracy, writes Paul Demarty
Time for Corbyn to start fighting back
02 Aug 2018
Israel is an apartheid state, writes Tony Greenstein, and saying so is not anti-Semitic
Cliff edges and parachutes
26 Jul 2018
The Brexit crisis is deepening and almost anything can happen, writes Eddie Ford
Not fit for purpose
26 Jul 2018
Margaret Hodge’s attack on Jeremy Corbyn demonstrates why the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism must be ditched, writes Tony Greenstein
Scorched earth and statesmen
26 Jul 2018
Mike Macnair looks at the continued efforts of the Labour right to procure an electoral defeat
A Labour council’s inquisition
19 Jul 2018
Stan Keable tells how the anti-Corbyn witch-hunt in the Labour Party has spilled over into political victimisation in the workplace
Tactics, principles and willing dupes
19 Jul 2018
What attitude should the left take to the People’s Vote campaign and its call for a second referendum? Jack Conrad insists that referendums are a backward, not a forward step for democracy
Outlook Moggy
19 Jul 2018
Rees-Mogg’s medievalism may have been meant as a diversion, writes Mike Macnair, but it raises real issues
Breach of rules?
19 Jul 2018
The witch-hunt has reached the heights of absurdity, reports Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Into the swamp
12 Jul 2018
Review of Yuri Slezkine's 'The house of government: a saga of the Russian Revolution'. Princeton University Press, 2017, pp1096, £30
Brexit chaos
12 Jul 2018
The cabinet’s ‘unanimously agreed’ acceptance of May’s ‘political coup’ did not last very long, writes Eddie Ford
Take it or leave it
05 Jul 2018
Eddie Ford says Theresa May is manoeuvring to achieve a ‘third way’ Brexit. Chances are that we will see more dither
What sort of unity?
05 Jul 2018
Review of Kevin Meagher's 'A united Ireland: why unification is inevitable and how it will come about'. Biteback Publishing, 2016, pp237, £12.99
Oppose siren calls
05 Jul 2018
Some on the ‘left’ insist on running with People’s Vote and its call for a second EU referendum. Once again Jack Conrad argues that Marxists ought to condemn referendums. We favour representative democracy and working class political independence