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
Marxist party - an illusion
02 Nov 2006
In the absence of a world revolutionary party, a national communist party could only be a capitulation to British nationalism, argues Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group
Marxist party - now or never
02 Nov 2006
Mike Macnair writes on this weekend's launch conference of the 'Campaign for a new Marxist party'
Lessons of October
26 Oct 2006
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group looks at how the Bolsheviks combined illegality and legality
Russia 1917 and the global revolution
26 Oct 2006
What were the conditions that made Russia ripe for revolution? What were the factors that led to its failure? Boris Kagarlitsky , one of Russia's leading Marxists, argues for a dialectical approach in analysing the Soviet Union and resuming the tasks of October
Military coups and soldiers' rights
26 Oct 2006
We are revolutionaries, not constitutional democrats, says Jim Moody - and takes the Alliance for Workers' Liberty to task
Spin, deception and eclecticism
19 Oct 2006
If there was ever any doubt, Respect's third annual conference, held over the weekend of October 14-15, confirmed that the organisation is now indisputably a Socialist Worker Party front, writes Peter Manson. Despite efforts to prove the opposite, Respect is visibly shrinking
Loyal opposition
19 Oct 2006
Phil Kent reports on the fringe meeting organised by the International Socialist Group
For the right to choose
19 Oct 2006
Respect gave over the Saturday afternoon session of its annual conference to a public rally on islamophobia. Anne Mc Shane reports
Developing a Marxist programme
19 Oct 2006
Mike Macnair continues the debate on what is meant by a Marxist party and how to campaign for one, begun by Critique's call for a conference on November 4
Victims or workers?
19 Oct 2006
At its October 7-8 conference, the Scottish Socialist Party opposed the unionisation of sex workers and agreed to support legislation for the sex industry only if it is "designed to eradicate prostitution". For the SSP, the liberation of sex workers must be delivered from above. Ana Lopes of the International Sex Workers Union believes differently
Arise - what next?
12 Oct 2006
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group takes a closer look at the debate on the future of the Socialist Alliance
New left for old
12 Oct 2006
Mike Macnair reviews Max Elbaum's Revolution in the air: sixties radicals turn to Lenin, Mao and Che Verso, 2002, pp370, £20
The call for a party
12 Oct 2006
Hillel Ticktin, editor of Critique, explains the thinking behind the November 4 conference to establish a Campaign for a New Marxist Party
No fudge on accountability
12 Oct 2006
The only motion focusing on the lack of democracy and accountability in Respect is motion No1 from the CPGB, which is also supported by Calderdale
Control-freakery and decline
12 Oct 2006
The weekend of October 14-15 will see Respect's third annual conference. Doubtless it is set to feature plenty of platform speeches but precious little debate: there are fewer motions and fewer delegates. Emily Bransom and Tina Becker preview the weekend