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Marxists prefer peace to war, but, as Jack Conrad explains, with us that must go hand-in-hand with making propaganda for the right to bear arms and the establishment of a popular militia

Kevin Bean looks behind the hoo-ha of the 25th anniversary celebrations marking the signing of the Good Friday agreement

Following the lead of the liberal bourgeoisie, the dominant section of the left takes a ‘free speech, but ...’ approach. <strong>Jack Conrad</strong> defends the unrestricted right to organise, strike, assemble … and speak

<strong>Mike Macnair</strong> argues that the emancipation of trans people requires the overthrow of bourgeois rule

Getting out of the ‘gender recognition’ trap requires breaking with the foundations of the arguments behind it, argues <strong>Mike Macnair</strong>

Negotiations to form an far right coalition are still ongoing, but there can be no hiding Netanyahu’s victory. <strong>Moshé Machover</strong> locates the drift to the right in the Zionist project itself

The latest attack on abortion rights shows the danger of worshipping the constitution, writes Daniel Lazare

Most of the left has embraced the peace slogan in a thoroughly pacifist manner. Marxists, of course, prefer peace to war, but, as Jack Conrad explains, with us that goes hand in hand with making propaganda for the establishment of a popular militia

After the Uvalde school massacre the question of gun control has once again topped the political agenda. But, argues Daniel Lazare, do not expect anything much to change

Both the social-imperialists and the pro-Kremlin left fail to put the working class at the centre of their perspectives and look instead to either Nato or the Putin regime as an agent of social progress. Jack Conrad calls for rebellion against those who betray the elementary principles of socialism