Elections

Abdul El-Sayed at TEDxUofM 2017
International

Victory for the left in Michigan Senate primary shows hunger for change

Abdul El-Sayed triumphs in defining race for the Democrats
05 August 2026
The SW View

Fight Reform UK with class struggle not lesser evil politics

Why standing down for whichever party is “best placed” to beat Reform UK is wrong
19 May 2026
Haringey Socialist Alliance candidates and supporters out campaigning
Labour

An opportunity missed: Your Party, independents and the 2026 elections

How did independent socialists do?
09 May 2026
Zack Polanski with Green Party supporters
Labour

Elections 2026: Greens make huge breakthrough as voters reject Labour at the ballot box

Greens success reflects crisis of mainstream politics
08 May 2026
Narendra Modi with Indians in New York 2024
International

Why did Modi win in India’s state elections?

Unions organised mass strikes, but failed to escalate
07 May 2026
News

Vote for Palestine hunger striker standing for election in north London

Amu Gib is running in the local council election from their prison cell
04 May 2026
Campaigners holding a stall to promote Des Barrow and the Cazenove Independents
News

Radical alternative on offer in Hackney

A socialist and pro-Palestine union activist running in elections in Hackney
28 April 2026
Three people with Stand Up To Racism posters outside Gorton and Denton election count
Anti-racism

Gorton and Denton campaigners: We’re ‘buzzing’ after by-election

Campaign is a boost for anti-racists
27 February 2026
Activists carry a banner that reads Great Manchester Stand Up to Racism
The SW View

Don’t let racists win in Gorton and Denton

A crucial political test on Thursday
24 February 2026
Zohran Mamdani Speaking at a DSA 101 Meeting at the Church of the Village in NYC
In Depth

Zohran Mamdani victory throws the US empire into a panic

Corporate crook Cuomo humiliated
31 October 2025
Five migrant women are standing out in the street.
Letters

Letters: Organise migrant workers and build visible solidarity

Take on the right's lie that migrants 'damage Britain'
26 September 2025
Zack Polanski is looking at the camera and smiling. He is wearing a white shirt and a beige blazer.
News

Zack Polanski elected Green Party leader in landslide victory

Polanski won a staggering 84.6 percent of the vote
02 September 2025
Jeremy Corbyn is smiling in front of a camera
Labour

Activists get behind new left and fight to shape it

Seize the chance to build a left alternative to Labour
05 August 2025
A large crowd on the trans pride march in central London in June 2021
Letters

Letters: The overlap between racism and transphobia on display

Readers have their say
01 August 2025
A photograph of Zack Polanski standing beside a tree. There is a backdrop of a lawn, the sun is shining and he is smiling at the camera.
Comment

Can the Greens be a radical alternative?

Polanski’s campaign is positioning him as a radical outsider. But should we back Zack?
28 July 2025
Lib Dem logo
Letters

Letters: Not all independents should be drawn into left umbrella

Does independent mean left wing?
13 May 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Andrea Jenkyns with the newly elected Sarah Pochin
Alex Callinicos

Alex Callinicos: Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold

There needs to be a left challenge to Reform UK
05 May 2025
Nigel Farage at a Reform UK event before the local election results
Anti-racism

Labour turns to the right as Reform UK wins big in elections

Labour gives legitimacy to racist ideas
05 May 2025
Nigel Farage at a Reform UK event before the local election results
News

Local elections: Reform UK has momentum, Starmer’s Labour suffers

Reform UK is set to win hundreds of seats
02 May 2025
Campaigning against Reform UK in Runcorn letters
Letters

Letters: You’re wrong! Left can win many Reform UK voters

How should socialists approach Reform UK?
29 April 2025
Jane Hindle
Labour

‘It’s time to turn anger into action’: socialist candidate Jane Hindle

Independent building a fightback to Labour
17 April 2025
We don’t need more union jack branding. We need union organisation
Letters

Letters—Don’t buy it—workers need solidarity, not flag-waving

Buying British is not a strategy for working class people
15 April 2025
The House of Commons Chamber a week before Labour reinstates suspended MPs
Labour

Starmer reinstates some rebel MPs, they should all break with Labour

An urgent need for a left alternative
05 February 2025
The two leaders of Fianna Fail and Fine Gail together before Irish election
International

Ireland’s mainstream parties edge out Sinn Fein in election

But the establishment's crisis hasn't gone away
02 December 2024