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Eyes Left What was behind Starmer’s ‘tough-cop’ clampdown on Saturday’s Palestine protest?

ANDREW MURRAY considers whether the mass arrest of peaceful protesters was an attempt by the PM to appease his right-wing critics following his crackdown on last August’s race rioters — and a dark omen of the tyrannies to come

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Eyes Left Musk’s provocations shouldn’t be laughed off

Features | Tuesday 24th Dec 2024

All this war illuminates an imperialism whose power is fading

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New stalking protections announced

Wednesday 11th Jan 2023

Eyes Left Little bread and a depressing royal circus

The traditional prescription to stave off revolt looks increasingly unfit for purpose — whether a socialist revolution is near or not, Elizabeth II's funeral will surely be the last monarchist outpouring of significant size, writes ANDREW MURRAY

Wednesday 28th Dec 2022

EYES LEFT Peace should be our priority for the new year

The anti-war movement needs to assert its deeper solution to the imperialist agenda of endless conflict, argues ANDREW MURRAY

Tuesday 13th Dec 2022

EYES LEFT The Labour Party and Rajani Palme Dutt

In a 1950 paper by one of the Communist Party’s leading Marxist lights, ANDREW MURRAY discovers a resonance between the class questions beleaguering Labour 70 years ago and the situation today

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Friday 02nd Dec 2022

Review The Fight of Our Lives – trade unions in the crisis of capitalism published by the Communist Party of Britain £2

TRADE union action, driven by resistance to real pay cuts and intensified exploitation, is now at the highest levels so far this century.

Wednesday 30th Nov 2022

Eyes Left Who will stand up for Brexit?

It is no surprise that the austerity-addicted Tories have not used Britain’s exit from the EU to improve our lot — but as pro-Brussels grumbles of disquiet grow to a roar, is the left ready to take up the cause, asks ANDREW MURRAY

Thursday 17th Nov 2022

Eyes Left Deselected, disowned, cast out: why Starmer keeps up his war on the left

As the prospect of a Labour government looks likely — according to the polls at least — ANDREW MURRAY explains why the party leadership are still hell-bent on defenestrating the remaining left-wing MPs

Saturday 05th Nov 2022

Union support for increased defence spending is a terrible mistake

The idea that we can boost manufacturing by demanding the government builds its bombs in Britain is wrong on many levels — not least by allowing the Tories to divert public spending from welfare to warfare, writes ANDREW MURRAY

Tuesday 01st Nov 2022

EYES LEFT Sheffield Central, beware

ANDREW MURRAY warns against the menacing prospect of Paul Mason standing for Parliament

Wednesday 05th Oct 2022

Eyes Left Labour: the beatings will continue even if morale improves

Despite a healthy poll lead, there are no signs of a let up in internal machinations against the left and the membership at large — that's because party democracy is the last thing Starmer wants if Labour wins power, writes ANDREW MURRAY

Tuesday 27th Sep 2022

INTERVIEW Overcoming the City: socialism in Britain

Speaking to Ben Chacko, ANDREW MURRAY outlines the themes of his new book, addressing the unique roadblocks the British left faces thanks to the dominance of finance capital — and what it will take to turn things around

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Eyes Left What was behind Starmer’s ‘tough-cop’ clampdown on Saturday’s Palestine protest?

ANDREW MURRAY considers whether the mass arrest of peaceful protesters was an attempt by the PM to appease his right-wing critics following his crackdown on last August’s race rioters — and a dark omen of the tyrannies to come

Eyes Left Musk’s provocations shouldn’t be laughed off

All this war illuminates an imperialism whose power is fading

New stalking protections announced

Eyes Left Little bread and a depressing royal circus

The traditional prescription to stave off revolt looks increasingly unfit for purpose — whether a socialist revolution is near or not, Elizabeth II's funeral will surely be the last monarchist outpouring of significant size, writes ANDREW MURRAY

EYES LEFT Peace should be our priority for the new year

The anti-war movement needs to assert its deeper solution to the imperialist agenda of endless conflict, argues ANDREW MURRAY

EYES LEFT The Labour Party and Rajani Palme Dutt

In a 1950 paper by one of the Communist Party’s leading Marxist lights, ANDREW MURRAY discovers a resonance between the class questions beleaguering Labour 70 years ago and the situation today

Review The Fight of Our Lives – trade unions in the crisis of capitalism published by the Communist Party of Britain £2

TRADE union action, driven by resistance to real pay cuts and intensified exploitation, is now at the highest levels so far this century.

Eyes Left Who will stand up for Brexit?

It is no surprise that the austerity-addicted Tories have not used Britain’s exit from the EU to improve our lot — but as pro-Brussels grumbles of disquiet grow to a roar, is the left ready to take up the cause, asks ANDREW MURRAY

Eyes Left Deselected, disowned, cast out: why Starmer keeps up his war on the left

As the prospect of a Labour government looks likely — according to the polls at least — ANDREW MURRAY explains why the party leadership are still hell-bent on defenestrating the remaining left-wing MPs

Union support for increased defence spending is a terrible mistake

The idea that we can boost manufacturing by demanding the government builds its bombs in Britain is wrong on many levels — not least by allowing the Tories to divert public spending from welfare to warfare, writes ANDREW MURRAY

EYES LEFT Sheffield Central, beware

ANDREW MURRAY warns against the menacing prospect of Paul Mason standing for Parliament

Eyes Left Labour: the beatings will continue even if morale improves

Despite a healthy poll lead, there are no signs of a let up in internal machinations against the left and the membership at large — that's because party democracy is the last thing Starmer wants if Labour wins power, writes ANDREW MURRAY

INTERVIEW Overcoming the City: socialism in Britain

Speaking to Ben Chacko, ANDREW MURRAY outlines the themes of his new book, addressing the unique roadblocks the British left faces thanks to the dominance of finance capital — and what it will take to turn things around

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