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Theresa May was due to face a crucial test over Brexit in parliament this week, and possibly to suffer a damaging defeat.

The Labour leadership claims to be influenced by the writings of Karl Marx. But Charlie Kimber argues his ideas are about much more than just a critique of capitalism

Every time the Labour right have confronted Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters in open combat they’ve been defeated, usually humiliatingly. But they’ve just been allowed to score a major victory

Ken Livingstone’s decision to resign from Labour is a victory for those who have been harrying the party over allegations of antisemitism.

Anti-racists welcomed Diane Abbott's pledge that a Labour government would end the Tories’ “hostile environment” for migrants—and wouldn’t “run scared” of the right wing press.

Tens of thousands of people have joined the TUC union federation march in London for a “new deal for workers”.

Promising to control levels of migration is a well trodden path for Labour. It’s not one the left should follow, writes Alistair Farrow

The results underline that there is no certainty that Labour will win the next general election. Simply waiting for the Tories to collapse is not a winning option

Marc Wadsworth has hit out at his expulsion from the Labour Party in an exclusive interview with Socialist Worker

The accusations of antisemitism in the Labour Party have continued unabated. Rob Ferguson unpicks the relationship between real instances of antisemitism and politically motivated attacks.

The Labour Party has disgracefully expelled anti-racist activist Marc Wadsworth who was accused of making antisemitic comments in 2016

In another sign of how the Labour right still has influence, the left has failed to win the deputy leader of the Welsh Labour Party.