US Presidential election: following the money
As commentators pick over the results from Super Tuesday, Kim Moody walks us through the labyrinth of a US electoral system built on distrust of mass democracy.
Hong Kong: opportunities for the movement
A new union organisation drive in Hong Kong might hold the key to breaking the deadlock, argues Colin Sparks.
How we fight back
A devastating electoral defeat for Labour brings with it an inevitable battle for interpretation. It also sharply illustrates the need for our side to build power beyond parliament.
Get the Tories Out!
After weeks of frenetic campaigning, election day is finally here. Today is a chance to shape the terrain we fight on. Everyone can help with the final push to get out the vote – turnout could be decisive. Whatever the result, relationships, skills and experiences from the campaign will be vital in the coming months.
Hong Kong voters back protests
Hong Kong’s ‘silent majority’ has spoken: they support the protestors and their five demands.
Report: Jeremy Corbyn in the O2 Apollo, Manchester
Kate Bradley reports on Jeremy Corbyn’s Manchester rally.
Fight for a Labour government
We call for everyone to mobilise energetically against the Conservative Party and for the election of a Corbyn government
Greece: decline of Syriza sparks fresh elections
The poor performance of Syriza in the recent European elections may well sound the death-knell for Alexis Tsipras’s discredited government
Poland: the right holds fast
The European elections in Poland showed the Law and Justice Party staying firmly in the driving seat of Polish politics
France: nothing new under the Sun?
Despite the insurgent left potential of the Yellow Vests movement, the far-right were the winners in France’s European elections
Six flavours of milkshake for the European elections
With far right candidates standing in the upcoming European elections, here are some counter-arguments to help you persuade people to vote against Tommy Robinson and the far right.
Interview: Ukraine’s crisis of representation
Yuliya Yurchenko discusses the landslide victory of the comedian Vladimir Zelensky over the incumbent Petro Poroshenko in the Ukrainian presidential election.
16 August 1819
Rich Belbin reviews Mike Leigh’s film Peterloo. The film tells the story of a moment of British history that is too often forgotten.
Local elections fail to mobilise enough voters hungry for change
The local election results have not been a disaster for Labour. Despite the collapse of the UKIP vote, the Tories lost seats.
After the elections, what next for Catalonia?
Andy Durgan outlines the political landscape following Catalonia’s recent elections.
What do we need to do to defend the NHS?
Pete Gillard assesses the limitations of Labour’s manifesto promises on health and argues that enthusiasm for the NHS can be used to build unions among health workers.
The DUP – Last Refuge for Desperate Tories
Connor Kelly exposes the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party. The DUP are the largest unionist party in Northern Ireland. Led by the thoroughly corrupt and devious Arlene Foster, they are a deeply sectarian party who, when not stirring up hatred against Catholics and republicans, vilify gays, women, Muslims, and the poor. The party maintains links with the […]
Disaster for May, opportunity for the left
Amy Gilligan and Colin Wilson offer an initial analysis of the June 2017 election results.
#GE2017: “The future is back”
There are plenty of reasons to feel optimistic going into election day
#GE2017: Amber Rudd and the Magic Money Tree
Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s now-infamous retort to Jeremy Corbyn during last Thursday’s televised debate, that “there is no magic money tree” to solve the food bank crisis, suggests a well-developed sense of fiscal probity. Quite the opposite. Here, in an article first published in Leeds rs21’s Northern Star in October 2016, we look at the path […]
#GE2017: Immigration, Labour and the left
Any concession to restricting immigration necessarily involves the notion that immigrants are a problem, and contributes to hostility and racism against all immigrants.
#GE2017: More police and prison officers won’t make us safer
Socialism requires a belief that building a world without punishment and incarceration is possible.
#GE2017: How radical are Labour’s economic policies?
The limitations of the manifesto are those we would expect to find facing any reformist government operating in the capitalist system today.
#GE2017: Can Labour deliver security at work?
Unite activist and former General Secretary candidate Ian Allinson examines Labour’s third pledge of ‘Security At Work’.
#GE2017: Why does Labour make concessions to the right when it comes to immigration?
Jonas Liston reflects on Angela Rayner’s recent appearance on Question Time. How can she be awful on immigration whilst savaging the Tories on everything else?
#GE2017: One Tory MP in Scotland is too many
Pete Cannell discusses the questions that face socialists in Scotland in the up-coming general election.
#GE2017: How can Corbyn win?
Pat Stack untangles a tumultuous time for Labour, arguing there is only one way for Corbyn to win.
#GE2017: Tories are ahead, but they’re not invulnerable
For all the attempts to make this election seem like a foregone conclusion, it is clear that Theresa May has called it out of both weakness and strength.