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
Bleak prospects for democracy
17 Mar 2016
The latest atrocity once more draws attention to the fact that Turkey is at war, writes Esen Uslu
Basic income urgently needed
17 Mar 2016
Defence mechanisms against the iniquities of capitalism are needed now, argues Chris Gray
Due process and justice
17 Mar 2016
In the interests of political debate and clarification we publish Gerry Downing’s appeal against his expulsion
Everything in socio-economic context
10 Mar 2016
By equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, the bourgeois establishment is determined to brand a racist anyone who dares criticise the Israeli state. Ahistorically plucking out a few phrases from On the Jewish question, it levels the exact same charge against Marx too. Jack Conrad puts the record straight
Who’s afraid of 1916?
10 Mar 2016
Admiration of James Connolly should be tempered by criticism, writes Anne McShane
Left wing of Zionism
10 Mar 2016
Recent smears of ‘anti-Semitism’ against the left are an echo of similar allegations emanating from within the left, argues Paul Demarty
Not out of it yet
03 Mar 2016
Bernie Sanders is still in the race, argues Tom Munday
Iran’s Elections : Winners and Losers
03 Mar 2016
Yassamine Mather analyses the results of elections to the majles and Council of Experts
Austerity parties punished
03 Mar 2016
Following the indecisive general election, Anne McShane discusses the rise of Sinn Féin and the divisions in the anti-austerity movement
Last hurrah of a psychopath
03 Mar 2016
Toni Negri, 'Storia di un comunista', Milan, 2015, pp608, €18, reviewed by Toby Abse
Strategic bankruptcy confirmed
25 Feb 2016
Localists score a practical victory. A directionless leadership blows it with Momentum. Communist Platform makes its final bow. Jack Conrad reports on an eventful February 20 meeting of the LU national council
Possibilities and pitfalls
25 Feb 2016
The job of socialists is to channel the opportunities opened up by the Sanders campaign into the fight for class independence, argues Jim Creegan
Turning of the tide
25 Feb 2016
Bolivia’s ‘road to socialism’ turned out to be another dead end, writes Eddie Ford
Bakuninist hatchet job
18 Feb 2016
Mike Macnair takes issue with Dave Douglass over the First International
The problem of unequal abilities
11 Feb 2016
Should socialists aim to offer incentives to the ‘gifted and talented’? Marc Mulholland looks at how the question has been dealt with historically