Democracy & State > UK state
Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
Cracks in state apparatus
17 Mar 2011
We have to face the full social role of the police squarely, writes James Turley
No champions of democracy
03 Mar 2011
David Cameron's gun-toting trade tour is a much-needed reminder of imperialism's real interest in the Middle East, writes James Turley
Despised by the Tory right
24 Feb 2011
James Turley says that Kenneth Clarke is telling his party exactly what it does not want to hear
Police agents exposed
20 Jan 2011
Mark Kennedy was not the only spy to infiltrate the eco-protest movement. It is endemic, argues Eddie Ford
Pause for thought
16 Dec 2010
We do not live in a democracy, we live in a 'rule of law' state, argues Mike Macnair
The second death of Liberal England
09 Dec 2010
The weakness of the Liberal Democrats benefits the Tories more than the workers' movement, argues James Turley
After Millbank: the way forward
18 Nov 2010
Communists have no truck with cowardly and hypocritical condemnations, writes James Turley
Joke at your peril
18 Nov 2010
Jim Moody asks if the courts have undergone a humour bypass operation
Rehabilitation, not punishment
11 Nov 2010
Communists are vehemently opposed to any prisoner being disenfranchised, writes Jim Moody
The lying game
11 Nov 2010
Yes, Phil Woolas lied through his teeth - but they all do, including the Liberal Democrats. Eddie Ford looks at the Oldham East ruling
No united front here
28 Oct 2010
Unfortunately for Clegg, Osborne has not managed to get away with it, argues James Turley
Osborne the butcher
21 Oct 2010
Cuts campaigns should move towards unity, says James Turley
Tails and wagging dogs
07 Oct 2010
The Birmingham conference reveals the tensions and divisions over the coalition government, writes Eddie Ford
Trouble in the fourth estate
09 Sep 2010
Murdoch, Coulson, et al are being handled with kid gloves, writes James Turley
Holy water consecrates Cameron's big society
05 Aug 2010
The coalition government's programme of cuts has in effect been blessed by a whole range of Christian denominations and groups, reports Eddie Ford