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
M5S takes Rome and Turin
23 Jun 2016
With the help of elements of the left, Beppe Grillo’s crew has gained ground in former working class strongholds. Toby Abse reports
Principles of syndicalism
16 Jun 2016
Dave Douglass reviews: Lewis H Mates, 'The great labour unrest: rank and file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield', Manchester University Press, 2016, pp328, £75
Corbyn and the media trap
16 Jun 2016
Labour should stop basing its strategy on appealing to the media - it will fail, argues Paul Demarty
Blundering ineptitude
16 Jun 2016
There are furious objections to the Morning Star giving Ken Livingstone a regular column. Peter Manson reports
Curious delay and publication switch
16 Jun 2016
Rexx Dunn reviews: 'Victor Serge and Natalia Sedova Trotsky The life and death of Leon Trotsky', Haymarket Books, 2016, pp396, £12.99
M5S is not a leftwing party
16 Jun 2016
Why are elements within the left recommending a vote for Beppe Grillo’s party? Toby Abse points to its links with the far right
M5S on course to take Rome
09 Jun 2016
Toby Abse reports on last weekend’s local elections
Decision time approaching
09 Jun 2016
The SACP’s alliance with the ANC is in crisis. Peter Manson reports
Obscuring class politics
09 Jun 2016
Phil Duncan condemns socialists who supported the Bernie Sanders campaign and counterposes it to building a Marxist party
Edging towards affiliation
02 Jun 2016
Mark Serwotka hopes to win next year’s PCS conference to join the internal Labour battle to defeat the right, writes Peter Manson
Pro-Zionists are false friends
26 May 2016
We need a movement for genuine solidarity with the working class, writes Yassamine Mather
Closed Marxism
26 May 2016
Mike Macnair reviews: John Holloway, 'In, against and beyond capitalism: the San Francisco lectures', Kairos/PM Press, 2016, pp85 (plus preface), £10.59
Life in the bubble
26 May 2016
Paul Demarty argues that the growing culture of brittle denunciations only hurts the left
Collective amnesia
19 May 2016
The job of the left is to learn from past errors, not succumb to fanboyism, argues Paul Demarty
Scandal hits M5S
19 May 2016
As Beppe Grillo prepares to step down, his populist party stands accused of corruption. Toby Abse reports