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Jess fails to impress: so what’s next for Labour’s right? – weekly briefing
Blogs January 27, 2020
Lindsey German on post-Corbynism and the realities of Brexit
England’s Other Countrymen: Black Tudor Society - book review
Book Reviews January 23, 2020
A history of the black people of Tudor England shows large numbers and varied circumstances before systematic racism developed, finds Elaine Graham-Leigh ...
If Labour wants to win back the working class, it has to reject Keir Starmer
Opinion January 18, 2020
Starmer's record, especially in the last 4 years under Corbyn's leadership, shows he's no friend of the left, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg
Behind Trump's tantrums: the US, Iran and the continuing threat of war
Opinion January 15, 2020
The decline in the US' strategic power in the region is leading to desperate measures from Trump writes Chris Nineham
Another struggle is possible
Analysis December 29, 2019
John Rees looks at what was lost and how to win again
Rebuilding the resistance
Opinion December 15, 2019
Boris Johnson has to be resisted, and that means we have to get organised
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The government's attacks on Gypsies, Roma and Travellers are an attack on us all
The government consultation aiming to criminalise the lives of some of Britain's most vulnerable and persecuted groups is disgraceful and must be resisted by us...
January 27, 2020 Norbert Lawrie
On Holocaust Memorial Day
Never again! This requires action now, as well as reflection, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg
January 27, 2020 Reuben Bard-Rosenberg
Tony Cliff: The Jews, Israel and the Holocaust
Tony Cliff was a Palestinian Jew and leading revolutionary socialist in Britain. On Holocaust Memorial Day, and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of A...
January 26, 2020 Tony Cliff
The Canary and The Crow at Arcola Theatre - review
Alia Butt reviews The Canary and The Crow, on at the Arcola Theatre until 8 February
January 26, 2020 Alia Butt
Sex/Crime at Soho Theatre - review
Tom Griffiths reviews Sex/Crime, on at Soho Theatre till 1 February
January 25, 2020 Tom Griffiths
What next for the French strikers?
The mass movement in France is impressive and has made enormous gains but the battle against Macron's Thatcherite reforms needs a second wind, reports John Mull...
January 24, 2020 John Mullen
Theory
What did Engels say about revolution?
Engels was a revolutionary democrat and a revolutionary realist, argues Dragan Plavšić
July 26, 2019 Dragan Plavšić
Media and the infrastructure of radical movements
Our movements need media that inspire mass participation, amplifying analysis to reach new audiences turning to the left, writes Des Freedman
September 17, 2018 Des Freedman
Socialism: utopian and scientific - an introduction
Engels’ popular pamphlet offers one of the best concise accounts of capitalist development and an accessible introduction to Marx's revolutionar...
June 20, 2018 John Rees
Books
How America Became Capitalist - book review
James Parisot’s How America Became Capitalist uncovers the contested and contradictory history of capitalist development in the United States, finds Dominic Ale...
January 16, 2020 Dominic Alexander
Gadget Consciousness - book review
In Gadget Consciousness, Joss Hands unpacks some of the ways social media helps and hinders collective consciousness and activism, finds Peter Stäuber ...
January 9, 2020 Peter Stauber
‘All Sorts of Woman’: review of Selina Todd’s Tastes of Honey and the National Theatre’s A Taste of Honey
Selina Todd’s biography of Shelagh Delaney contains an urgent political message and a new performance of Delaney’s most famous play shows us how radical she was...
January 2, 2020 Katherine Connelly