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Eight months hard Labour: a new recruit writes
A party member in the Progress council bastion of Lambeth argues that victory is possible – and worth fighting for…
Fight for a Socialist United States of Europe
The “Referendum campaign” has been dominated by the public rows between the two wings of the Tory Party. But there are…
The Easter Rising, Ireland 1916
By Chris Clough Dublin, Easter weekend 2016, saw tens of thousands of people line the streets. Flags, banners and photos…
Northern Ireland: People before Profit enters Stormont
In the north of Ireland the picture appears similar to past elections. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein…
‘Joint enterprise’ is a court full of lies
Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) held a demonstration outside Downing St on 16 May to demand the freedom…
Labour has to go back to basics in Scotland
By Sandy McBurney New Labour’s formula has delivered the greatest electoral defeat in Scottish Labour’s history. It’s time for change…
DWP pay deal sells union short
By Sarah Barden A new pay deal has been agreed between Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) and the Public…
Teachers should vote to strike
By an NUT member Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has made a U-turn in her forced academisation programme. This is good…
Testing to destruction
“What’s the difference between a subordinating conjunctive and a preposition?” Tory education ministers don’t know so why should 11 year olds?…
Momentum youth and students to meet in Manchester
By KD Tait On 5 June, Momentum Youth and Students will hold its founding conference in Manchester. The conference is…
Lambeth resistance grows
By Simon Hardy The movement emerging in Lambeth could act as a model for everyone fighting council cuts across the…
Momentum NC puts foot on brake
By Rebecca Anderson The interim leadership of the campaign formed to support Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party has decided…
Red Flag No. 5 Editorial
By KD Tait In the last six weeks the Tories have made more U-turns than in the last six months….
Vote to Remain on 23 June
Fight austerity alongside European workers For a socialist united states of Europe Editorial If you want to fight back against…
What is Zionism? Question & Answer
By Marcus Halaby On the 68th anniversary of the original Partition of Palestine, and in the wake of the Labour…
France: All-out general strike now can halt anti-labour “reforms”
By KD Tait President François Hollande’s Socialist Party (PS) government has used emergency powers to force through Minister of Labour…
The Labour defeat that never was
By Dave Stockton The press reported David Cameron as jubilant – can he do anything else beyond jubilating? On the…
Justice for the Craigavon Two!
On March 30, 2012, Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton, were both convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of their…
“Labour antisemitism crisis”: stop the right wing sabotage
Statement Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism This campaign is actually directed against Corbyn and the party’s new left majority Fight all…
Junior doctors are right to defy the government
By KD Tait Wednesday’s strike saw 20,000 junior doctors leave the frontline of the NHS and join the picket lines of…
BHS goes bust: make Philip Green pay
By Dave Stockton High street staple BHS has gone bust with debts of £1.3 billion, a £571 million pensions black…
Let all the refugees in
By Jeremy Dewar David Cameron claims, “This migration crisis is the greatest challenge facing Europe today. […] Where we can…
Film Review: High-Rise
By Jeremy Dewar A 1975 apartment block plays host to Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of the eponymous JG Ballard novel, which…
Save Lambeth Libraries protest is a reality check for Labour councils
By KD Tait The campaign to defend Lambeth’s 10 public libraries from the Labour council’s closure and outsourcing plans saw…
The Socialist Workers Party and the EU referendum
By Dave Stockton The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) recently launched its campaign for Brexit with a long article by Alex…
Long live May Day
By Rebecca Anderson The year 1890 saw the first ever May Day demonstration, called by the First Congress of the…
A spirit of socialist internationalism is more urgent than ever
Declaration of the Tenth Congress of the League for the Fifth International Since 2008, global capitalism has entered a new…
US elections: cracks widening in the two party system
By Andy Yorke In this year’s US presidential race, a month is a long time. March saw the tensions in…
History: Labour recruits for carnage in WW1
The second instalment in our serialisation of a socialist history of the Labour Party. Read the first instalment: Labour’s early years:…
A socialist plan for steel
By Jeremy Dewar Labour should demand the permanent nationalisation of Tata’s UK operation. Steelworkers have paid for these works many…