Eyes Left What was behind Starmer’s ‘tough-cop’ clampdown on Saturday’s Palestine protest? ANDREW MURRAY considers whether the mass arrest of peaceful protesters was an attempt by the PM to appease his right-wing critics following his crackdown on last August’s race rioters — and a dark omen of the tyrannies to come
Wednesday 20th Sep 2023 Eyes Left Corbynism was right: war is a domestic issue Those who feel that progressive policies on things like the welfare state mean we can ignore the overseas crimes of Western foreign policy have always been dangerously wrong, explains ANDREW MURRAY
Wednesday 06th Sep 2023 Eyes Left Brics: necessary, exciting, but ultimately limited The need to balance the economic domination of the US has led to a coalition of emerging economies — but politically, it is far less coherent than the G7. That will be a problem, explains ANDREW MURRAY
Wednesday 23rd Aug 2023 Eyes Left Is the Labour Party the party of labour? The unions might appear to have a huge amount of power over the Labour Party, but in practice, as Blair showed, they do not. Working-class politics cannot be restricted to changing that, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Book Review Sunday 13th Aug 2023 Book Review Dr Who and the Tory party ANDREW MURRAY muses on the Tory Party’s capacity to reincarnate itself despite all rumours of its decline, and doubts the conclusions of a rare analysis from the left
Wednesday 26th Jul 2023 EYES LEFT The old ‘new parties’ of the left As the prospect of an alternative to Labour looms thanks to Keir Starmer’s purge of leftwingers, ANDREW MURRAY reviews the fortunes of similar attempts made in the last 30 years
Wednesday 12th Jul 2023 Eyes Left Even the right hopes for a better left Conservatives and centrists alike are recognising that the free-market system they’ve promoted doesn’t work; the goal is seemingly open, should we choose to kick the ball, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Books Sunday 11th Jun 2023 Books The Great Unrest, then and now ANDREW MURRAY applauds a thorough history of the great pre-WWI strike wave, and the resonances it has with the present day
Friday 09th Jun 2023 The ascent and fall of Corbynism Recognising the true nature of the Parliamentary Labour Party and its 100-year commitment to imperialism is crucial to understanding why it proved so resistant to change from within during the years of Corbyn’s leadership, argues ANDREW MURRAY
Wednesday 31st May 2023 Eyes Left Is the labour movement consensus shifting on Ukraine? In a moment of political clarity, the UCU voted against deepening the conflict in Ukraine and committed itself to anti-war campaigning. This is a promising sign — now we need the other unions, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Wednesday 17th May 2023 Eyes Left No landslide in sight for ‘Blairism on steroids’ The local election results show no political vision is emerging to capture hearts and minds – Labour is simply waiting for the other parties to become even less appealing, writes ANDREW MURRAY
