The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
How has social democracy failed us?
Social democracy is not simply the gradualist, reformist wing of our movement — a peaceful approach to establishing socialism — but a fundamentally opposing ideology of capitalism and war, explain's the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
FIRST GREAT BETRAYAL: WWI would not be the last time social-democratic parties backed the slaughter of the working class, as they continue to support the logic of imperialist war to this day
As the RMT Health and Safety Conference takes place, the union is calling for urgent action on crisis of work-related stress, understaffing and the growing threat of workplace assaults. RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY explains
Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS
As discussions continue between the US and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment programme, the suppression of internal dissent by the theocratic dictatorship grows. STEVE BISHOP reports.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE
EVEN worse than the appalling spectacle of the mendacious incompetence of the Tory Party is the absence of any significant leadership from the supine leaders of the Labour Party.
That lack — of any significant policies; of any clear direction beyond the bland slogan of a “fairer, greener future” is the clearest indication of the bankruptcy of ideas in its leader, Keir Starmer and his supporters.
An earlier Q&A in this series, number 50, summarised the history of the various parties that have used the term Social Democratic in their titles. It also touched on some of the ideas that have animated these parties.
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