Capitalism does all it can to preserve its form of the family and with it the oppression of women, lesbians and gays.

WHY IS homophobia still so prevalent around the world? Can lesbians and gay men achieve equality under capitalism? To answer these questions, we need to understand the role families and relationships play within the current social and economic system – capitalism.

The SNP have posed left to win an election victory, taking them one step closer to their proposed referendum, asks Joy Macready

The new Blue Labour movement is a dangerous turn to the right, argues Luke Cooper

Jamie Traska from Workers Power USA explains how Obama is starting more wars and being just as aggressive as Bush

The SlutWalk movement has struck a chord with young women across the world and has put the issue of rape and sexual assault back on the agenda, writes Jo Cassidy, with demonstrations taking place in many countries

By Simon Hardy Many people think that the police in Britain are somehow neutral in political matters. But recent events have exposed the real nature of the police force. This article examines the role of the police and the state in our society The role of the police Lord Imbert, ex-chief of the Metropolitan Police, […]

Over 8,000 people demonstrated for disability rights outside Westminster on 11 May, making the Hardest Hit march the biggest disability rights protest in decades. Joy Macready reports

Every revolution is at some stage confronted by a counter-revolutionary struggle. Egypt’s Mubarak and Tunisia’s Ben Ali may have been caught by surprise but the other Arab rulers were forewarned and forearmed in the event that their people rose up too. Marcus Halaby takes an analytical view

PCS Annual Delegate Conference 2011 will be remembered as the conference that declared war – class war – on the coalition government, but whether we can win depends on the leadership’s willingness to go beyond the strategy agreed or, failing that, the membership taking up that challenge.

Rajesh Thapa, a Workers Power supporter from Nepal, outlines why the government is still unable to agree a constitution, despite four attempts

Simon Hardy asks if we can we just tax the rich to solve the capitalist crisis, or whether more serious action is needed

The arrest of Ratko Mladic exposes the connection between the war criminals of the former Yugoslavia and the western powers, writes, Marcus Halaby

In the wake of the Arab Spring, many Palestinian activists are discussing the possibility of a third intifada, by Kady Tait

Unite’s executive last week hardened its policy against government cuts, distancing itself from the Labour front bench “too far, too fast” line, and offering support to councillors who support UNITE’s policy. The executive also agreed a motion from the North West region backing “co-ordinated and generalised strike action within the law” as part of the […]

1. Preamble The GRASSROOTS LEFT is an organisation that is worlds apart from the ‘broad lefts’. We aim to build a rank and file movement controlled by its members themselves. This PLATFORM is the property and statement of political intent of those members. All those elected as representatives of the GRASSROOTS LEFT are obliged to […]

A national conference of around 50 trade union activists saw the official launch of the Grass Roots Left, a rank and file grouping based in Unite, earlier this month. Unite member Marcus Halaby reports.

The TUC came under pressure today to call a 24-hour general strike against the coalition government’s all-out assault on workers and future generations “before it’s too late”, writes Louise Nousratpour at morningstaronline.co.uk Read more…

Katharine Birbalsingh wowed the Conservative Party conference with her tales of a south London school, which was “out of control” supposedly because white liberal teachers were afraid of punishing black pupils. Jeremy Drinkall reports on plans to put her right wing educational theories to the test by opening a “Free School” in the area

Thousands of people have begun protests across Spain in the run up to the elections, a camp modelled on Tahrir square has been set up in Madrid’s city centre. So who are the protesters and what do they want?