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BILL MORRIS, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union The leadership election nobody wanted is now behind us. We have had our first experience of 'one member, one [...]

It is a century since the Socialist International was founded, 50 years since Stalin wound up the Communist International and two millennia since the first really serious global network - [...]

A little more than a year ago, China Culture Gazette, official organ of China's Ministry of Culture, was transformed. For years, CCG had been an infamous stronghold of the hard-line [...]

The TUC has survived 14 years of non-stop attack, but lost ground in the process. Now it is time to draw on other countries' experience, says Denis MacShane One of [...]

Socialism seemingly is in retreat across Europe. However, socialist parties govern France and Spain and socialists are the biggest group in the European parliament indicating that a renaissance of socialism may lie in the near future.

Philip Stephens Macmillan, 20£ Roast beef and the pound stering: the humiliating eradication of these old English symbols by Her Majesty's Ministers is the most potent sign of the British [...]

Is Globalisation the new God before which all must bow? As an economic construct or cultural vision, the driving force of Globalisation (with a capital G) is today's dominant metaphor. [...]

Is Globalisation the new God before which all must bow? As an economic construct or cultural vision, the driving force of Globalisation (with a capital G) is today's dominant metaphor. [...]

It's 2035 and Britain, with two fingers up to the EU, has closed the tunnel, taken control of the Internet and branded its aliens with yellow stars. Sadly, it's also [...]

Bryan Gould and Peter Hain appear to have much in common. Both arrived in the 1960s from former British imperial possessions. Their motto might be 'Who knows England who only [...]

Bryan Gould and Peter Hain appear to have much in common. Both arrived in the 1960s from former British imperial possessions. Their motto might be 'Who knows England who only [...]

Bryan Gould and Peter Hain appear to have much in common. Both arrived in the 1960s from former British imperial possessions. Their motto might be 'Who knows England who only [...]

A South Yorkshire businessman told me an Arthur Scargill story recently. He had a pub acquaintance, an ex-miner, who suffered from a disease caused by his years in the pit, [...]

A South Yorkshire businessman told me an Arthur Scargill story recently. He had a pub acquaintance, an ex-miner, who suffered from a disease caused by his years in the pit, [...]

Humility in the face of ignorance is the heart of success. This Japanese proverb can be usefully inscribed on the notebooks of all aspiring politicians as they contemplate the enemy. [...]

Humility in the face of ignorance is the heart of success. This Japanese proverb can be usefully inscribed on the notebooks of all aspiring politicians as they contemplate the enemy. [...]

The celebrations over the defeat of the BNP candidates and the ousting of Liberal Democrat racists in Tower Hamlets may be premature. The populist and chauvinist strand in Liberal Democratic [...]

The genius of capitalist profit-centres is that they have no past, only a present and a future. When Henry Ford said 'History is bunk' he was not being cute. Nations [...]

ANC Secretary-General Cyril Ramaphosa's eyes twinkled with pleasure. A few years ago he was a hunted man. As leader of South Africa's black mineworkers, his strikes had slashed at the [...]

It is years since either government or opposition (Labour and Liberal) included in its top ranks anyone with modern manufacturing experience. A minor miracle happened when John Monks, who spent [...]

European and US figures show what the UK press hides: Britain continues to slide down the world league table as a manufacturing nation. The Union Bank of Switzerland is a [...]

The tradition of combat lies heavily in Henningsdorf, a metal industry town north of Berlin. In 1929, metalworkers went on strike to resist wage cuts imposed by employers. The strike [...]

The smash-and-grab raid on the leadership of the French Socialist Party by Michel Rocard has big implications for the future of the European left. In a sense, it is the [...]

The biggest shock in last weekend's French elections was the collapse of the Green vote to a tiny 7.6 per cent, well below the Communist, and barely more than half [...]

The withdrawal of the UK from European Rate Mechanism and the French vote affirming the Treaty on European Union transforms the European Community into a two-track system of fast- and slow-developing nations. The Conservative government's policies put the UK in the lower tier of nations.

The continental European Socialist parties, unlike the UK Labour Party, have a long intellectual tradition. The European left has moved away from issues of morality towards materialism and seeks to articulate policies promoting economic growth. The European left is committed to republicanism and reform.

Continental European social democratic parties are vital political forces in their countries. The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) wields great power in German politics and has a huge membership. The SPD transformed itself in the 1980s into a party offering an alternative for civil society.

The underclass has not enjoyed the fruits of economic development in Spain, and many workers are on strike. Although corporate employees have flourished, the ruling Socialist Party has not been successful in redistributing income to the poor. The socialist union, UGT, has become more conservative.

The recent elections in France, Italy, and Germany signal a new era for postwar Europe characterized by growing support for non-mainstream political parties. Only the UK choose to stay with the same policies. The Green Party is being taken seriously and regionalism is gaining in popularity.

The British government is promoting legislation that would curb immigration of people claiming political asylum. What the Conservatives are actually trying to do is create a permanent underclass that it can exploit by playing on the racial prejudice of the majority.

The neo-liberal economic policies of Czechoslovakian Finance Minister Vaclav Klaus have lead to increases in unemployment and soaring prices. Implementing free market economic policies in Czechoslovakia had led to economic decline, social unrest, and political repression.

The eternal capacity of the French left to surprise itself has once again been revealed. The great strikes at the end of last year have fundamentally altered the continental political [...]

It is the 20th-century puzzle that has never been answered. Why did the brilliant generation that emerged from the war years so full of ideas of what was wrong with [...]

The fight between pro-Europeans and upholders of British sovereignty was raging. Weary ministers sought to explain why Britain had to keep a distance from a supra-national central body that would [...]

What are the lessons from Sunday's shock result in the first round of the French presidential contest? First, place not your trust in the commentating class. Every single British Sunday [...]

Former member of the press 'rat pack', Denis MacShane, now Labour MP for Rptherham, bemoans the bland parochialism of the British press A few weeks ago, I chaired a conference [...]

Like the American general outside an enemy village in Vietnam, Will Hutton believes that British capitalism has to be destroyed in order to be saved. In a passionate, beautifully written [...]

The stylish leadership now on display at the TUC in the shape of its general secretary, John Monks, cannot hide the fact that British trade unions are still in a [...]

The genius of capitalist profit-centres is that they have no past, only a present and a future. When Henry Ford said 'History is bunk' he was not being cute. Nations [...]

The genius of capitalist profit-centres is that they have no past, only a present and a future. When Henry Ford said 'History is bunk' he was not being cute. Nations [...]

The genius of capitalist profit-centres is that they have no past, only a present and a future. When Henry Ford said 'History is bunk' he was not being cute. Nations [...]

Bryan Gould's return to New Zealand is a loss to British politics. Rabid pro-Europeans or svelte soundbite modernisers should have had the decency to pause before declaring good riddance. Since [...]

From making buckles to making money: the story of British industry The plight of British manufacturing is pefectly illustrated by the irresistible rise of a firm called Tomkins from being [...]

Visiting A, kara for the first time in 15 years, I have found this once sleepy, dowdy, smog-covered city remarkably changed. The city was plonked in the middle of the [...]

Ho Chi Minh City: Is Vietnam about to take off? As my pocket was expertly picked in Graham Greene's beloved rue Catinat, now Khong Dai Street, the feeling that this [...]

Ten questions that haven't been answered in press coverage of the French elections so far. 1) How big a victory for the right was it? In terms of seats won, [...]