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John McDonnell is right - there’s a lot to be learnt from reading Karl Marx

Right wingers have raised the spectre of Communism to discredit Labour’s left wing leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Bring down the borders - and don’t capitulate to Tory racism on immigration

Theresa May this week reaffirmed her vow to cut net immigration by two thirds, to below 100,000 a year. That target eluded her as home secretary—despite law after law and raid after raid to create a “hostile environment” for migrants.

The not-so-decisive 100 days of Trump

The idea that a US president’s first 100 days in office should be decisive goes back to Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.

Don’t make alliances with the right wing

The idea of a “progressive alliance” is back in fashion. It has been supported both by Caroline Lucas of the Greens and Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Don’t sit on the sidelines—let’s kick out Theresa May and fight for an alternative

Jeremy Corbyn is energising swathes of people who want to see the back of the Tories.

Turkish referendum showed problems facing country's authoritarian ruler

The Turkish referendum result last week showed up the problems facing the increasingly authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Donald Trump - the war president will crash into reality

Missiles in Syria, a mega-bomb in Afghanistan, a potential nuclear confrontation in Korea—what happened to the Donald Trump who ran as a critic of US foreign wars?

Struggle is key to beating the Tories

The result of the election on 8?June will decide the fate of left wing Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Ken Livingstone, Labour and the fight against antisemitism

Everyone should stand against the attempt to force the Labour Party to expel Ken Livingstone.

Only taking the revolution beyond Russia could save it from ruling classes' attack

The internationalism of the Bolsheviks challenged the ideology of the war and posed a threat to the world’s capitalists

What’s behind the US attack on Syria?

Donald Trump ordered an airstrike on a Syrian airbase last week and already the establishment is praising the president's "leadership" writes Alex Callinicos

War threats flow from logic of imperialism

The world has moved closer towards a deadly military catastrophe in the last week. It’s an utterly chilling prospect.

Is the media sexist because ordinary people are?

Sexist drivel: After a meeting between Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Tory prime minister Theresa May all the odious Daily Mail newspaper columnist Sarah Vine could talk about was their legs—for several paragraphs.

Fight for a Brexit for workers

The formal process of Britain leaving the European Union has begun. However we voted in the referendum last June, we now have to work together to beat back the right and seize the opportunities available.

Brexit begins—but is it business as usual?

The Brexit debate is being conducted by two wings of the British political and media elites. Both claim that Britain leaving the European Union (EU) will lead to profound changes—for the worse, according to the Remainers, for the better according to the Tory and Ukip Brexiteers.