Britain: we need an anticapitalist alternative
Simon Hardy Mon, 28/11/2011 - 11:32The left in Britain needs a new strategy, argues Simon Hardy, and that must mean a new attempt to unite and build a new anticapitalist organisation Read more...
Dispute grows in Nepali Maoists as China and India struggle for influence
Rajesh Thapa Sun, 27/11/2011 - 16:57The political crisis in the Nepali Maoists continues as the question of the fate of the guerrilla army divides the leadership. Rajesh Thapa reports Read more...
Spainish elections: Another turn of the screw
Correspondant in Madrid Sat, 26/11/2011 - 17:41By a macabre coincidence 20 November, the anniversary of the death of dictator Francisco Franco, saw his political heirs, the right-wing Partido Popular (PP), gain an absolute majority in the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Its leader Mariano Rajoy, now has a clear majority to carry out an even more savage austerity programme on Spain’s workers and peasants than that which has marked the last years of “Socialist” government. Read more...
Rival Imperialisms take sides in the Syrian revolution
Dave Stockton Fri, 25/11/2011 - 12:38The revolution in Syria refuses to be crushed, and with reports of more soldiers defecting, Dave Stockton examines where things could go next Read more...
Egypt: the revolution confronts the Junta
Dave Stockton Mon, 21/11/2011 - 10:31The Egyptian revolution is fighting back against the military government, as fierce battles rage again in Tahrir square Read more...
Talk: The Gramsci Enigma
Luke Cooper Sat, 19/11/2011 - 09:11A talk given by Luke Cooper on the ideas and contested legacy in the communist movement of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci Read more...
Syria: Assad’s concessions are a fraud
Rachel Brookes Wed, 16/11/2011 - 14:50President Assad struggles to stay in power as the resistance movement grows Read more...
Occupy:“New York’s finest” storm Freedom Square
Dave Stockton Tue, 15/11/2011 - 16:00The New York Police attacked Occupy Wall Street, clearing the park and arresting many protesters in a clampdown aimed at destroying the Occupy movement, writes Dave Stockton Read more...