Party & Programme
End the cycle of splits
24 May 2012
If the left is to build a serious political organisation it will have to facilitate internal dissent, writes Mike Macnair. And that will require both majorities and minorities to act responsibly
Make or break moment
20 Sep 2007
Here, the CPGB introduces its motions to conference - if you support them, sign up now!
Demise imminent
20 Sep 2007
Exactly how and when Respect will meet its end is impossible to tell, writes Peter Manson. But, judging by what the SWP leaders are saying, it is not long for this world
PC language and fudging differences
20 Sep 2007
Marxists should not be afraid to call a spade a spade, writes Mark Fischer
Leave it to the Taliban
20 Sep 2007
Phil Kent reports on the day school on Afghanistan, organised by the Stop the War Coalition
Has history refuted dialectics?
13 Sep 2007
Rosa Lichtenstein explains why she rejects dialectical materialism - the 'mystical theory Engels smuggled into Marxism'
More of the same
13 Sep 2007
Around 100 students gathered at London's School of Oriental and African Studies on Saturday September 8 for what was billed as a student Stop the War "conference". Nick Jones reports
Leading workers by the nose
13 Sep 2007
Our immediate task is to pose a political alternative to the existing regime, writes Mike Macnair, not wait for the 'transitional method' to produce soviets. This article concludes his series on 'permanent revolution'
George Galloway demands the scalp of John Rees - so do we
13 Sep 2007
Following the failure of the SWP to reach an accommodation with George Galloway, is John Rees now preparing for a final showdown at Respect's annual conference in November? Peter Manson reports on the latest developments
Smearing solidarity
13 Sep 2007
The issue of Iran solidarity has provoked controversy recently in the debates on Indymedia Ireland (www.indymedia.ie). Anne Mc Shane reports
George Galloway's rebellion rocks SWP
06 Sep 2007
Peter Manson looks at the civil war being fought out in the run-up to the November 17-18 conference
Spontaneity and Marxist theory
06 Sep 2007
What is the relationship between unorganised mass movements and the revolutionary party? Mike Macnair continues his series on 'permanent revolution'
Facebook censorship
06 Sep 2007
David Isaacson of Communist Students shows that the SWP stands opposed to debate and the free exchange of ideas
For a minimum programme!
30 Aug 2007
Continuing his series on 'permanent revolution', Mike Macnair suggests that the victory of workers' power through a democratic republic does not remove the distinction between the two parts of the communist programme
Coming home to roost
30 Aug 2007
The central question of Iraq simply will not go away for the AWL, says Mark Fischer
Frederick Engels and nature's dialectic
30 Aug 2007
Sadly Marxism must be defended against some who claim to be Marxists, or at least sympathetic to Marxism. Jack Conrad shows that this is especially the case when it comes to attacks on Frederick Engels and his work on the dialectic of nature