British politics Onwards and upwards: In memory of Deborah Lavin One of a kind: her influence on party life, and the guidance she gave to young cadres in particular, will be fondly remembered and sorely missed.
British politics Onwards and upwards: In memory of Deborah Lavin One of a kind: her influence on party life, and the guidance she gave to young cadres in particular, will be fondly remembered and sorely missed.
Working-class history Deborah Lavin: Early feminism, bourgeois and proletarian What did the early Marxists think about birth control and women's rights? How did their views differ from those of the liberal feminists?
Working-class history Deborah Lavin: Early feminism, bourgeois and proletarian What did the early Marxists think about birth control and women's rights? How did their views differ from those of the liberal feminists?
British politics Prosecuting Boris Johnson Leaving aside the double standards of the case, misuse of the law is not in anyone’s interests.
British politics Prosecuting Boris Johnson Leaving aside the double standards of the case, misuse of the law is not in anyone’s interests.
Climate change Yellow vests v Extinction Rebellion Climate protestors’ leader accidentally gives away the ruling class’s agenda.
Climate change Yellow vests v Extinction Rebellion Climate protestors’ leader accidentally gives away the ruling class’s agenda.
Social wage Wonga watch Workers’ indignation needs to be justly roused against this humiliation of our class.
Social wage Wonga watch Workers’ indignation needs to be justly roused against this humiliation of our class.
Working-class history The Victorian origins of workfare Where did the government get the idea of subsidising free labour for big companies like Tesco?
Working-class history The Victorian origins of workfare Where did the government get the idea of subsidising free labour for big companies like Tesco?
Working-class history The Victorian origins of workfare Where did the government get the idea of subsidising free labour for big companies like Tesco?
Working-class history The Victorian origins of workfare Where did the government get the idea of subsidising free labour for big companies like Tesco?
Working-class history Downton Abbey, the Jolly George and Stop the War Please, if we ask you nicely, will you? Pretty please?
Working-class history Downton Abbey, the Jolly George and Stop the War Please, if we ask you nicely, will you? Pretty please?
Working-class history Book review: Striking a Light, the Bryant and May Matchwomen Louise Raw reveals the connection of these militant young East End strikers to new unionism, socialism and Irish republicanism.
Working-class history Book review: Striking a Light, the Bryant and May Matchwomen Louise Raw reveals the connection of these militant young East End strikers to new unionism, socialism and Irish republicanism.
Theatre Play: The Power of Yes by David Hare Explaining nothing, this play is aimed merely at letting off some steam without getting any nearer to a solution to society’s systemic problems.
Theatre Play: The Power of Yes by David Hare Explaining nothing, this play is aimed merely at letting off some steam without getting any nearer to a solution to society’s systemic problems.
Book: The Frock-Coated Communist, the Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels by Tristram Hunt * A scurrilous ‘biography’ of Engels by a New Labour ‘historian’.
Book: The Frock-Coated Communist, the Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels by Tristram Hunt * A scurrilous ‘biography’ of Engels by a New Labour ‘historian’.
Ye Squaddies of Olde Englande Blairites plan to ‘globalise’ British army, making it less expensive and more expendable.
Ye Squaddies of Olde Englande Blairites plan to ‘globalise’ British army, making it less expensive and more expendable.
The housing hydra We must fight the bourgeoisie which denies us homes, not other people who need homes too
The housing hydra We must fight the bourgeoisie which denies us homes, not other people who need homes too
Power grows out of the barrel of a gun A pressure group called Campaign Against the Arms Trade and an Amnesty International, Oxfam and Iansa (International Action Network on Small Arms) grouping called Control Arms are calling on governments to stop weapons getting "into the wrong hands".
Power grows out of the barrel of a gun A pressure group called Campaign Against the Arms Trade and an Amnesty International, Oxfam and Iansa (International Action Network on Small Arms) grouping called Control Arms are calling on governments to stop weapons getting "into the wrong hands".
Culture: False consciousness needs false controversies What do Birmingham Rep and the BBC have in common? Both court false controversies as a way of distracting from the vital role they play in censorship of the arts in Britain.
Culture: False consciousness needs false controversies What do Birmingham Rep and the BBC have in common? Both court false controversies as a way of distracting from the vital role they play in censorship of the arts in Britain.
Film and TV Deborah Lavin film review: The Motorcycle Diaries A reminder that communists and communism are not our enemy but the hope of the world.
Film and TV Deborah Lavin film review: The Motorcycle Diaries A reminder that communists and communism are not our enemy but the hope of the world.
