Party & Programme
End the cycle of splits
24 May 2012
If the left is to build a serious political organisation it will have to facilitate internal dissent, writes Mike Macnair. And that will require both majorities and minorities to act responsibly
Extreme opposition, not partners
20 Oct 2022
Treacherous calls for a Sinn Féin-led ‘left government’ should be ditched once and for all, urges Anne McShane
Something has to give
20 Oct 2022
Mahsa Amini’s killing at the hands of the morality police sparked protests in every province. The young, in particular female students and school students, refuse to be ruled in the old way. However, the Islamic regime seems determined to keep on using mass repression, fear and the cloak of religion, says Yassamine Mather
Right sets left’s agenda
13 Oct 2022
Victory for pale pink Lula would represent the defeat of Trump’s ally, Jair Bolsonaro, writes Eddie Ford - and therefore would be welcome news for Joe Biden
Uniting a motley band
13 Oct 2022
Andries Stroper reports on the first conference of a new socialist ‘party-in-formation’ and its prospects
Sir Keir’s good week
06 Oct 2022
The left is disorientated, in denial and still suffering from an orchestrated campaign of suspensions and expulsions. Kevin Bean calls for reviving Labour Against the Witchhunt and some serious rethinking
For whom the bell tolls
06 Oct 2022
The mini-budget fiasco and the humiliation of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng holds sobering lessons for the national socialist left, argues Paul Demarty
Original takester
29 Sep 2022
It has been a strange journey from the Revolutionary Opposition to defence of the nation state and traditional values. Paul Demarty delves into Frank Furedi’s cheery new Substack
Not one man! Not one penny!
29 Sep 2022
Demands for peace must be linked to the abolition of standing armies, a popular militia and the aim of ending capitalism. Mario Kessler celebrates the anti-militarism of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
For a disciplined revolutionary party
22 Sep 2022
Marxist Unity Group founding congress report and perspectives
Much ado about nothing?
22 Sep 2022
Eddie Ford surveys leftwing coverage of the death, mass outpouring and funeral of Elizabeth Windsor, and finds some more lacking than others
Not time to party … yet
15 Sep 2022
Emil Jacobs of Communist Platform suggests that more preparation time is needed before there can be worthwhile unity. Certainly uniting around the call for arming Ukraine would be disastrous
No substitute needed
15 Sep 2022
American socialists in rapture over Enough is Enough want to avoid the hard work and clear political lines necessary to establish a revolutionary party, says Daniel Lazare
It’s the politics, stupid
15 Sep 2022
The left needs to break with economism and take the monarchy and high politics seriously. We should be fighting for a federal republic and extreme democracy, argues James Harvey
Imperialist Russia?
08 Sep 2022
The Morning Star and Communist Review are locked into a debate on whether or not the Russian Federation should be characterised as an imperialist power. Mike Macnair investigates the protagonists and their arguments
Opting for electoral suicide
08 Sep 2022
Toby Abse surveys the mosaic of parliamentary centre-left and centre-right parties, factions and breakaways in the run-up to what looks likely to be a far-right landslide