WW archive > Issue 948 - 07 February 2013
SWP crisis: Programme and the programmeless
Why do communists place such importance on their programmes and why does the SWP central committee expel oppositionists who advocate developing one? Jack Conrad begins a short series of articles
Letters
Back in the USSR; Focus; Déjà vu; Uncomradely; Left-talking; Face it; Blat, blat; Touchy; Coalfest; Ha ha; Cheerleaders
SWP crisis: Green light for expulsions
The opposition is about to be given a new lease of life, writes Peter Manson
Left press and the SWP: The dog that didn’t bark
The silence of significant sections of the left on the Socialist Workers Party crisis is a symptom of sectarianism, argues Paul Demarty
Gay marriage: Cameron: from hero to renegade
For Eddie Ford, the gay marriage vote showed that the Tories are still the nasty party
Iran: Corruption, repression, fightback
Yassamine Mather reports on the chaos that is the Islamic Republic
Phil Piratin review: Tragic consequences
Lawrence Parker reviews: Kevin Marsh and Robert Griffiths, 'Granite and honey: the story of Phil Piratin, communist MP', Manifesto Press, 2012, pp256, £14.95
Owen Jones polemic: Babies and bathwater
Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists thinks that Owen Jones has thrown out the democratic baby
An unreserved apology to Unite regional officer Wayne King
Fighting fund: Partisan
Robbie Rix thanks our partisan readers