Why I’m a Marxist and a patriot
On Saint George’s Day, Kate Woolford explores the communist movement’s relationship with patriotism.
Why are so many left-wing people losers?
Ben Ughetti discusses the factors behind the left’s repellent image.
Our right to protest
Michael Roch on the role of the “right to protest” in bourgeois democracy.
George Galloway: the people’s champion
Following the Rochdale by-election, Eben Williams outlines the credentials of the winner, George Galloway, and why communists should lend their support to him.
Longing for purpose
With the population becoming increasingly radicalised without an effective platform to express their anger, Ben Ughetti sets out how communists could offer a constructive outlet for popular dissent.
Things can only get better
As the Labour party look set to win power at the next election, Michael Roch argues that this exchange of power represents no victory for working people.
The 51st Congress of the Young Communist League
Last weekend, Britain’s young Communists met in Croydon to vote on the ideology and activity that will now guide their branches for the next 24 months. John Wrawe reports on an ambitious and professional event.
Originally published in the Morning Star (02/09/23)
What the left gets wrong about national conservatism
After the National Conservatism conference, Ben Ughetti examines the reinvention of conservative politics, and how the left should understand and counter it.
We must oppose Starmer’s witch-hunt
Seán O’Connell makes the case for why supporting Corbyn is still necessary in the face of Starmer’s continued witch-hunt against the left-wing members of the Labour Party
UK Strike Action: challenges faced from public opinion
Howard Green takes another look at the continual strike action in the UK, and analyses at how the public may feel
