Valley fever
Ben Tullett reports on the battle to beat the BNP in Halifax
Mixed Greens
Jonathan Timbers says the Green Party has some serious thinking to do before it can become a credible and progressive alternative to Labour
Reimagining socialism, reinventing democracy
Barry Winter admires Hilary Wainwright’s Reclaim the State, but she is still wrong about the Labour Party
The [...]

The battle for democracy in Iraq
Gary Kent calls for support for Iraq’s grassroots democrats
Coalition of the careless
Will Brown reports on a ‘left wing’ attack on Iraqi trade unionists
Save the Party … for Gordon Brown
Jonathan Timbers sees the STLP heading up some depressingly familiar cul-de-sacs
Cook’s report
Martin Cook on the ILP’s ‘Conversation of the left’
Africa: Imperialism goes [...]

Into the cracks of the system
Matthew Brown reports on the ILP’s discussion weekend
A challenge remaining
Will Brown reflects on a left still looking for direction
Stock ideas
Mike Wadsworth reports on a CLP meeting about housing
Unite against terror
A statement on the London bombings
No quick fix
Will Brown on the legacy of Live8, G8 and Make Poverty History
Is there a [...]

Labour’s illusory reforms
Dexter Whitfield condemns the marketisation of public services
The case against social enterprise
Steve Schofield fears for the prospects of a social economy
Stepping stone or scam?
Andy Hansford ponders the potential of foundation hospitals
A more generous attitude of mind
Matthew Brown on a comprehensive vision for education
Picking at the pensions pickle
Jonathan Timbers reviews Robin Blackburn’s Plugging the [...]

Compass points north
Will Brown reports from the Compass regional roadshows
Forward, not back
Peter Hunt says Labour needs a new co-operative socialism
Where do we go from here?
Greg Power pays tribute to his former boss, Robin Cook
Why is France burning?
Doug Ireland traces the roots of the violent youth rebellion
You don’t need a weatherman …
Mike Peters takes issue with [...]

Marketisation and its effects
Will Brown reports on the ILP’s weekend school
What’s the alternative?
Dexter Whitfield on resisting the market in public services
Trouble on the buses?
Bernard Hughes on the privatisation of transport
No direction honed
Matthew Brown on this year’s Compass conference
A football revolution
Adam Brown on the country’s newest football club
Land and freedom
Barry Winter lifts the veil of nostalgia [...]

Reclaiming the territory
An interview with deputy leadership hopeful, Jon Cruddas MP
A suitable case for treatment
Barry Winter welcomes a call for Labour Party renewal
In search of the good society
Jonathan Timbers hears contrasting versions of the way forward
Return to Euston
Bernard Hughes on political blogs and the Euston Manifesto
Iraq’s third big issue
Harry Barnes calls for solidarity with Iraqi [...]

Leaders into the future
Hazel Head assesses Labour’s leadership ‘elections’
Thirteen wasted years
Harry Barnes reflects on Blair’s failures (and successes)
A time of peace?
Paul Dixon wonders how long Northern Ireland’s political truce will last
The right to the city
David Harvey calls for a re-imagined city to meet our urban dreams
Shaking up the left
Harry Barnes finds Nick Cohen’s What’s Left? [...]