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The long view
29 Mar 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
Lessons of the NUWM and UWC
28 Jan 2010
Mark Fischer takes a look at the National Unemployed Workers Movement and the Unemployed Workers Charter
Looking good
14 Feb 2008
Partisans for the paper. Mary Godwin reports on the CPGB's February aggregate meeting
Shaky SACP tries to steer ANC
13 Dec 2007
Next week the African National Congress holds its conference, where president Thabo Mbeki is being challenged for the leadership by Jacob Zuma, who is supported by a faction of the South African Communist Party. South African socialist Terry Bell looks at the financial problems of the SACP and the party's role within the ANC
Posing left or defending principle
06 Dec 2007
David Broder, a member of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty, has responded to an article by Tina Becker on the campaign for democracy in the National Union of Students. Ben Lewis continues the debate
Hidden from history
22 Nov 2007
Lawrence Parker, The kick inside - revolutionary opposition in the CPGB 1960-1991 2007, £4.00 (+ £1.15 postage), pp75
The procedural is political
15 Nov 2007
We must learn to recognise both bureaucratic and legalistic manipulation, writes Mike Macnair
Facebook censorship
06 Sep 2007
David Isaacson of Communist Students shows that the SWP stands opposed to debate and the free exchange of ideas
Bleeding obvious
26 Jul 2007
What exactly is the AWL frightened of? Mark Fischer wonders
Majority rights and minority duties
19 Jul 2007
It is irresponsible to threaten to walk out simply because one finds oneself in a minority, says Eddie Ford
Unity in diversity
11 May 2006
How does the concept of the united front fit into the struggle for a Communist Party? Mike Macnair continues his examination of strategy
You're out, comrade X!
23 Mar 2006
No names
23 Mar 2006
Wrong thoughts
23 Mar 2006
Martin Smith and his telephone expulsion
23 Mar 2006
As the latest case shows, any member who dares to question the Socialist Workers' Party's political trajectory faces expulsion by telephone. Martin Smith's regime is a disgrace and discredits the left in general, writes SW Kenning
Revolutionary strategy and Marxist conclusions
23 Feb 2006
In the second in a series of articles, Mike Macnair continues his examination of right-moving Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire theorists and the response of the SWP's Alex Callinicos