Unionising university workers - extract
Book extracts November 20, 2016
In the third extract from The Capitalist University, Henry Heller writes about growing resistance to the corporate university
The assault on universities: the 2016 version
Opinion November 18, 2016
Ahead of the education protest called by the NUS and UCU on 19 November, Des Freedman and Feyzi Ismail explain why staff and students should join it ...
What is really going on at Trump Tower and why it isn't fascism
Analysis November 18, 2016
Inappropriate use of the F-word misleads and disorientates at a time when clarity is key, warns Chris Nineham
The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn's Improbable Path to Power
Book Reviews November 17, 2016
The story of Jeremy Corbyn’s rise to leadership of Labour in 2015 is told with verve and insight in Alex Nunns' The Candidate, finds Lindsey G...
'The Trump Disaster' with John Rees - video
Video November 17, 2016
How did Trump win? What do we do now? John Rees takes on these questions in the first talk of our new series, tackling the big issues of the day
10 points about Trump
Analysis November 12, 2016
We must fight for an alternative to barbarism, argues Lindsey German
Latest
Royal Bank of Scotland: socialism for the rich
The final reckoning of the 2007/8 crash will be played out in the realm of politics not economics, argues Chris Bambery
November 22, 2016 Chris Bambery
Rotherham 12: victory against injustice
Landmark victory as 'Rotherham 12' found not guilty, but questions need to be answered about South Yorkshire Police's failings, argues Maz Saleem...
November 22, 2016 Maz Saleem
Brexit: new poll provides evidence for the left‘s strategy
There are good grounds for the left counterposing our Brexit to the Tories‘, writes Kevin Ovenden
November 20, 2016 Kevin Ovenden
Student demo: a cause for optimism
The noisy demonstration in defence of higher education that took place in London could pave the way for the re-emergence of the student movement
November 20, 2016 Morgan Daniels
Theory
The Jews, Israel and the Holocaust - key texts
The Blairites' crocodile tears are about defending empire, writes David Moyles in this introduction to The Jews, Israel and the Holocaust ...
May 3, 2016 David Moyles
The Communist Manifesto - key texts
The Communist Manifesto is a pamphlet that refuses to die. As incendiary as the day it was published, Paul Vernell unpacks this founding document
April 8, 2016 Paul Vernell
Rosa Luxemburg’s The Mass Strike - key texts
Rosa Luxemburg argued that the majority of people would be won to socialism through struggle, writes Paul Vernell in this introduction to The Mass Strike ...
April 3, 2016 Paul Vernell
Editors picks
Ched Evans rape case: back to women on trial?
The issue of rape cannot be separated from a society that commodifies women and sexuality, and demeans both men and women, argues Judy Cox
October 15, 2016 Judy Cox
Antisemitism in the UK: the facts and the weaponised fiction
The endless conflation of a world religion with a modern political movement continues unabated, notes Cameron Panting
October 18, 2016 Cameron Panting
I, Daniel Blake: the tragic ramifications of austerity
Tom Griffiths reviews Ken Loach's new film, which gives viewers a glimpse into the heartbreaking realities of austerity Britain
October 3, 2016 Tom Griffiths
Books
Universities and the Cold War - extract
The second extract from Heller's The Capitalist University describes intellectual and political conformity that dominated academia during the Cold War ...
November 11, 2016 Henry Heller
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?
This short, sharp and powerful collection of essays is a stirring inspiration in the search for liberation and justice, finds Adam Tomes
November 10, 2016 Adam Tomes
Year One of the Russian Revolution
Victor Serge’s contemporary account is a critical but essential defence of the Bolsheviks’ efforts to save the gains of the revolution, argues Ri...
November 3, 2016 Richard Allday