Referendum

Referendum

• After Irish referendum victory, we must fight further to expand women’s rights

  

  This fantastic leap forward was a product of grassroots campaigning, but the battle is far from over, argues Amy O'Donoghue

• Victory as Ireland votes to repeal the 8th amendment

  

  As the results from the referendum in Ireland come in, it looks as though the Irish people have voted overwhelmingly to repeal draconian anti-abortion laws, Elly Badcock reports

• Ireland's opportunity for equality

  

  Friday's referendum is a vital step in the fight for women's equality in Ireland, argues Amy O'Donoghue

• On the Australian equal marriage plebiscite: beyond defeatism, moralism and the politics of scarcity

  

  Progressives have lessons to learn from the campaign, not least that when opportunities arise, the public debate ground must be seized

• Brexit and change

  

  As the next phase of Brexit kicks in, Brian Heron discusses what the arguments are and what underpins them

• Catalonia: no independence without disobedience

  

  As the Madrid government threatens direct rule in Catalonia, Jack Hazeldine reports on the situation in Barcelona.

• Catalonia: the referendum must go ahead

  

  Attempts to sabotage and prevent the upcoming referendum in Catalonia carry echoes of Spain's Francoist past, argues Chris Bambery

• Class is back - the Scottish Question must be recast

  

  Class is back - for it to advance requires anti-capitalist politics, not the frontist politics of being to the left of whatever seems like a temporary solution to a fundamental dilemma, writes Kevin Ovenden

• Turkish Referendum: Erdoğan’s narrow win

  

  The victory for the Yes campaign is far less than Erdoğan was hoping for and shows a country divided argues Shabbir Lakha

• The liberal delusion: why fighting Brexit is a bad idea

  

  As thousands march against Brexit, Reuben Bard-Rosenberg takes a look at the politics behind the protest

• Scottish independence: do not let the SNP squander this new opportunity

  

  Following Nicola Sturgeon's announcement, Vladimir Unkovski-Korica makes the case for a socialist, internationalist Scotland independent from Westminster and Brussels

• Approaching the end time? Italy and the EU

  

  What’s happening in Italy tells us volumes about what’s wrong with the European Union, argues Chris Bambery 

• Italy Referendum: No to Renzi

  

  Matteo Renzi has resigned following a No vote in the Italy's Referendum, Chris Bambery analyses the vote and the opportunities for the left.

• Things fall apart? The Italian referendum

  

  The Italian referendum on 4 December could be another crack in the EU monolith. Chris Bambery analyses the situation

• Crisis of reformism: Corbyn, Sanders and the left

  

  The re-election of Corbyn is key, but an increase in the level of class struggle is critical to lasting success, argues Lindsey German

• Why the EU won't help workers

  

  Staying in the European Union will increase the power of our rulers, which is why we need to leave, writes Richard Allday

• The Tories’ civil war: why do they do it to themselves?

  

  The Tories' brewing civil war over Europe is not the first to divide the party

• Parliamentary change

  

  There is a deep political crisis going on in Britain. New politics, institutions and forms of organisation are required to defeat austerity and secure its alternative writes Brian Heron