Party & Programme > Democratic centralism
The long view
29 Mar 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
Democratic centralism: The genie and the bottle
18 Jul 2013
If you can loosen SWP restrictions on free debate on one occasion, asks Peter Manson, why not do so permanently?
SWP: How did this bloody mess come to pass?
18 Jul 2013
Marxism, the annual school of the SWP, saw a revamped opposition, reports Mark Fischer
SWP: Opposition flexes its muscles
11 Jul 2013
The leadership got its disciplinary vote, writes Paul Demarty. But then it pathetically backed down
SWP leadership: Laughable history produces laughable results
11 Jul 2013
Jack Conrad argues that the pre-1917 Bolshevik model of organisation should be properly studied and properly understood
Socialist Party/CWI: Rudeness and revolution
04 Jul 2013
The Committee for a Workers International should not insist on micro-managing debates, argues Paul Demarty
LRC: Left in the dark
04 Jul 2013
There are rumours flying around about goings-on at the top of the Labour Representation Committee, the left-Labour umbrella group. Harley Filben peers into an atmosphere of secrecy...
SWP crisis: Offering token concessions
13 Jun 2013
As the crisis rumbles on, the SWP leadership admits it has gone through an extremely bruising period. Peter Manson reports on the central committees perspectives
SWP: In decay and in denial
30 May 2013
Peter Manson contrasts the speakers lists for Marxism 2013 and Counterfire
SWP: Opposition springs back to life
23 May 2013
The fightback must be principled and programmatically armed, urges Peter Manson
SWP no-platformed: Self-inflicted injury
02 May 2013
The annual Marxism festival is running short of big names - but the SWP has encouraged the culture of boycotting problematic people, argues Paul Demarty
Gender quotas: The two souls of tokenism
25 Apr 2013
The gender imbalance in left groups cannot be cured by bureaucratic means, argues Paul Demarty
Democratic centralism: Fortunes of a formula
11 Apr 2013
How did 'democratic centralism' become 'democratic centralism'? Lars T Lih looks at the changing use of the phrase by the Bolsheviks
The left: Loach makes his bid for unity
28 Mar 2013
Can anything positive arise from the SWP crisis? Peter Manson believes it can if we stick to our principles
SPEW: Peter Taaffe and his own scandal
14 Mar 2013
Ben Lewis discusses SPEWs version of democratic centralism
SWP factions: Two errors of the opposition
14 Mar 2013
SWP lynchers were emboldened by a weak opposition, argues Eddie Ford