Syndicalism in South Wales: The origins of The Miners’ Next Step
This article was written in 1987 to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Miners’ Next Step. It was…
Author: bobpitt (page 14)
The Transitional Programme and the tasks of Marxists today
Sixty years ago, in September 1938, the founding conference of the Fourth International adopted a document written by Leon Trotsky,…
US allies are funding ISIS, according to Patrick Cockburn – but does he produce any actual evidence?
“We finally know what Hillary Clinton knew all along — US allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar are funding Isis”. This was the…
Healey and the UKIP threat
Labour MP John Healey has an article on the Guardian website entitled “Why Labour must win back working class voters…
Will UKIP hurt Labour?
Matthew Goodwin, co-author of the recent study of the rise of the UK Independence Party, Revolt on the Right, has…
The Right, the Left and ‘free expression’
On Saturday 25 March 2006 a campaign calling itself the “March for Free Expression” (MFE) held a widely publicised demonstration…
Why Muslims are the BNP’s new target
A sinister alliance has developed between far-right groups and Islamist extremists who are united in their hatred of Jews, Israel…
Why the BNP is still fascist
The gains made by the BNP in local elections in recent years – it now has almost fifty councillors, an…
The AWL and Ken Livingstone
Over the last year I’ve debated the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty (AWL) twice on the issue of Ken Livingstone’s bid…
Dog whistle politics in Tower Hamlets
Contrary to the right-wing myth that it is being transformed into “Britain’s Islamic Republic”, the east London borough of Tower…