Why is Labour so weak?
Issue section: Feature30th March 2015Issue: April 2015401ByMark L Thomasmiliband.jpgAfter five years of the Tories' austerity programme, and unrelenting assault on the welfare state, Labour should be...
View ArticleSocial Class in the 21st Century
Issue section: Books5th January 2016Issue: January 2016409ByMark L ThomasSocial Class in the 21st CenturyMike SavagePelican£8.99Buy from BookmarksSome books are wrong, but in interesting ways. This is...
View ArticleSigns of recovery
Issue section: Feature30th April 2016Issue: May 2016413ByMark L Thomassigns-of-recovery.jpgThe junior doctors' dispute has combined with teachers’ anger and the Tory crisis to present new...
View ArticleHow do we best back Corbyn?
Issue section: Feature6th September 2016Issue: September 2016416ByMark L ThomasCorbyn_Matlock.jpgFor the second summer in a row Jeremy Corbyn has been out on the road battling for the Labour...
View ArticleStriking back after the Trade Union Act
Issue section: Feature2nd March 2017Issue: March 2017422ByMark L Thomas2011_pension_strike.jpgWith the Tories’ latest anti-union attacks set to become law, Mark L Thomas argues that there are ways to...
View ArticleMichelangelo and Sebastiano
Issue section: Art / Exhibitions3rd April 2017Issue: April 2017423ByMark L ThomasMichelangelo and Sebastiano National Gallery, London Until 25 Junesebastiano_lamentation.jpgSebastiano's...
View ArticlePay: the cap doesn't fit
Issue section: Feature29th September 2017Issue: October 2017428ByMark L ThomasPay.jpgPost workers have delivered a fantastic strike ballot result. Pic: Nick ClarkLabour’s stunning result in the general...
View ArticleAfter the local elections: can the stalemate be broken?
Issue section: Feature4th June 2018Issue: June 2018436ByMark L ThomasCorbs.jpgPic: chathamhouse/FlickrMark L Thomas assesses the state of the Labour party after the council ballots in early May which...
View ArticleControl changes
Issue section: Letters4th January 2019Issue: January 2019442ByMark L ThomasIt was good to see the engagement in the letters pages of last month’s Socialist Review to my and Andy Ridley’s article about...
View ArticleStirrings of resistance?
Issue section: Feature29th December 2020Issue: January 2021464ByMark L Thomas6491180_62379e04.jpgDespite the passivity of the traditional leaders of the working class, there are signs of growing...
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