A new mood to resist
Issue section: In my view column2nd May 2014Issue: May 2014391ByMark L ThomasTeachers, firefighters, council workers and health workers are all moving to either strike or hold ballots for strikes....
View ArticleAfter the elections...Europe between hope and despair
Issue section: Feature4th June 2014Issue: June 2014392ByMark L Thomas"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."So wrote the Irish poet W B Yeats as he surveyed the turmoil across Europe in 1919. It...
View ArticleUK: a dangerous shift to the right
Issue section: Feature4th June 2014Issue: June 2014392ByMark L ThomasThe shock results for Ukip are dragging mainstream politics further to the right, including the Labour Party. Mark L Thomas argues...
View ArticleHoarding cash
Issue section: News7th July 2014Issue: July / August 2014393ByMark L ThomasBig corporations are cash rich. The 2,000 biggest companies by capital expenditure are sitting on a cash mountain of gross...
View ArticleRedistribute work
Issue section: News7th July 2014Issue: July / August 2014393ByMark L ThomasProfessor John Aston, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health which represents 3,300 public health experts working in the...
View ArticleAfter 10 July: escalate the strikes
Issue section: News7th July 2014Issue: July / August 2014393ByMark L Thomas10 July is set to see a second round of public sector mass strikes under the Conservative- Liberal coalition government...
View ArticleCameron's headache
Issue section: News2nd September 2014Issue: September 2014394ByMark L ThomasDavid Cameron probably has had better days as prime minister than when one of his Eurospectic MPs, Douglas Carswell, defected...
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How can the left topple the bosses' Europe?
Issue section: Feature2nd December 2014Issue: December 2014397ByMark L Thomassyriza.jpgThe rise of left formations such as Syriza and Podemos presents new challengesOver the past two months a string of...
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What Green growth means for the left
Issue section: Feature30th January 2015Issue: February 2015399ByMark L Thomascaroline-lucas.jpgThe Greens' advance in the polls is welcome because it shows the clear mood for radical change in the UK....
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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...
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Social 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...
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Signs 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...
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How 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...
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Striking 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...
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Michelangelo and Sebastiano
Issue section: Art / Exhibitions3rd April 2017Issue: April 2017423ByMark L ThomasMichelangelo and Sebastiano National Gallery, London Until 25 Junesebastiano_lamentation.jpgSebastiano's...
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Pay: 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...
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After 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...
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Stirrings 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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