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The long view
29 Mar 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
Stuffed parrots and Momentum texts
28 Sep 2017
There was a joyous, even jubilant mood, but the decision-making was opaque, writes first-time delegate Gerry Green
Keep up the pressure
21 Sep 2017
Labour’s NEC has opened the door for much-needed change - now the left needs to take advantage of that opening, says Carla Roberts
Lenin refutes a misreading of the April theses
31 Aug 2017
Reproducing a historic polemic
Lenin glosses the April theses
31 Aug 2017
In this fifth part of his series, Lars T Lih focuses on Lenin’s April 21 1917 Pravda article, ‘A basic question’
Corrections from up close
29 Jun 2017
Censorship or retrofit? In the third part of the series, ‘All power to the soviets’, Lars T Lih looks at Lenin’s ‘Letters from afar’ and the reaction of the Bolsheviks
Sectarianism and secession
25 May 2017
Programmatically weak politics only helped reinforce the CPGB’s ultimate sectarianism after its re-entry into the Labour Party in the late 1930s, writes Lawrence Parker
Crush the saboteurs
27 Apr 2017
Eddie Ford says that after June 8 Jeremy Corbyn must stay on to fight the right, not fall on his sword
‘All power to the soviets!’
20 Apr 2017
Did Lenin’s April theses mark a fundamental change in Bolshevik strategy? In this series of articles Lars T Lih demonstrates that this was not the case
Fight back - but for what?
02 Feb 2017
The left in Momentum is organising a ‘networking conference’ on March 11, writes Carla Roberts
Stay and fight the battle of ideas
19 Jan 2017
Despite widespread outrage over the Lansman coup, there is little appetite to split Momentum, says Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Contemptible document
12 Jan 2017
William Sarsfield of Labour Party Marxists looks at the new Lansman constitution
Fit for a dictator
15 Dec 2016
Allies of Jon Lansman have produced a draft constitution for Momentum. William Sarsfield takes a look
A false narrative
15 Dec 2016
The current Momentum crisis has nothing to do with age, Trotsky or even the voting method to be used at conference, says Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists. It is about who controls Momentum and for what political ends
The nuclear option
08 Dec 2016
While Jon Lansman considers ending it all, the left majority needs to press home its advantage, urges Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
A party, within a party, within ...
10 Nov 2016
Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists reports from the November 5 meeting of members of the Momentum national committee