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  • La Truite au Bleu by Dorothea Tanning (1952)

    Love Against the State

    Natasha Lennard reflects on the enduring necessity of marriage in order to prove one's love to the state.

  • Why Bernie Is the True Feminist Choice

    Why Bernie Is the True Feminist Choice

    For feminists, this election presents a clear choice — between advancing the interests of 1 percent of women and fighting for the liberation of the rest. Bernie Sanders is on the side of the 99 percent.

  • Sean Bonney, 1969-2019

    Sean Bonney, 1969-2019

    Sean Bonney, one of the finest British poets of our time, died in Berlin on 13th November. William Rowe discusses his life and work.

  • Joe Biden: The Making of a Neoliberal

    Joe Biden: The Making of a Neoliberal

    Joe Biden is someone who, by virtue of the political, social, and historical forces that shaped his life, made choices and drew political lessons that not only make him ill-suited to combat Trumpism but led him to help engineer the very conditions that handed Trump victory in the first place.

  • Order prevails in Munich: Ernst Toller and Ernst Niekisch in the Bavarian prison fortress

    Order prevails in Munich: Ernst Toller and Ernst Niekisch in the Bavarian prison fortress

    This month 100 years ago, in February 1920, Ernst Toller and Ernst Niekisch became cell neighbours in the Bavarian prison fortress of Niederschönfeld. Both had occupied leading posts in the government of the ill-fated Bavarian Soviet Republic. Here we present a translation of Niekisch's account of his imprisonment with Ernst Toller in Niederschönfeld prison, providing a valuable insight into the aftermath of the Soviet.

  • Why You Should Join a Union

    Why You Should Join a Union

    History tells us is that progress for working people has only ever been achieved by the collective self-empowerment of organised labour.

  • Clause IV: The Enduring Controversy

    Clause IV: The Enduring Controversy

    Labour Party deputy leadership candidate Richard Burgon recently called on the party to draft a new version of Clause IV, once more opening up the debate on Labour’s quintessential statement of socialist intent. In this article, Tom Blackburn looks at the history of Clause IV, and the need for a new version for the 21st century.