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Ralf Streck works as an independent correspondent for Radio Dreyeckland. Here he looks at a new phenomenon in Portugese political life – the re-emergence of military associations on the side of the people. These associations are demanding the resignation of the conservative government. There are reports of similar developments in both the Greek and Spanish […] Read more »

Mark Perryman argues that after the SWP car crash we need to review why the Outside Left’s turning points have invariably turned instead into the closing down of windows of opportunity Evan Smith raises the question on his blog whether the SWP fallout will prove to be a turning point for the British Far Left. […] Read more »

  This is an update from our article published yesterday. EDF have dropped their lawsuit against No Dash for Gas. Below we publish the campaign’s statement as an addition to the original article and interview with Ewa Jasiewicz Statement from No Dash for Gas WE WON! EDF just withdrew their £5m lawsuit against No Dash […] Read more »

Camilla Power, a member of the Radical Anthropology Group, looks at the work of Marx and Engels on the women’s question and casts a critical eye on the Marxist left’s response to feminism. Camilla begins her article citing the case of  a trade unionist who has accused a leading member of the RMT union of […] Read more »

Mass protest has erupted in Greece as local people fight to prevent environmental catastrophe at the hands of gold companies and the Greek government.  David Haralambidis explains the background to the crisis.  The history of gold in Greece dates back to ancient times.  Indeed, gold in Halkidiki, one of the most beautiful and historically important regions […] Read more »

Notes on The Society of the Spectacle, 2013, from Heath Schultz I began this project not because I thought it must be done out of some political or aesthetic concern, but with the modest hope to better understand The Society of the Spectacle. How odd, I thought, that for all the interest in Situationist artwork […] Read more »

Merry Cross, a supporter of the Left Unity initiative and a  member of Disabled People Against the Cuts [DPAC], explains the importance of disability struggles to building the new movement we all want The attacks on benefit claimants began quietly during the last Labour administration, in 2008, with the introduction of the Work Capability Assessment […] Read more »

  Sophie Katz examines the crisis of representation in European politics. This is part one of a longer analysis by Sophie. The second part will be published next week. What is the meaning of modern western politics and its apparent death wish? The left’s received wisdom is not false; that there is really nothing to […] Read more »

Bill Shortell, an official with the International Association of Machinists in Connecticut, argues for a move from military industrial production to manufacturing for peace Diverse forces are now converging in an attempt to carve up the military budget. These are  those who would cut it to reduce the deficit. There is considerable logic on their […] Read more »

Keith Flett looks the history of taxes and puts the new ‘bedroom tax’ into historical context. The Coalition’s bedroom tax that will leave those in social housing facing a significant reduction in benefit income if they have the temerity, for whatever reason, to have an empty bedroom is one of the most vicious examples of […] Read more »