Party & Programme > Class and consciousness
Wide open for the class
19 Apr 2012
What is class-consciousness? Paul B Smith discusses the possibility of a political revival
BBC class survey: Old wine in new bottles
11 Apr 2013
Eddie Ford is not impressed by the BBCs great British class survey
Learning and struggle: Stalinism, sectarianism and Marxist education
28 Mar 2013
There exists a dialectical relationship between deepening Marxist understanding and the fight for a Marxist party, argues Paul B Smith
Student elections: Campaigning for communism
21 Mar 2013
Communist Students member Callum Williamson reports on his campaign during the Univeristy of Westminster Union student elections
Chávez obituary: Man, myth and legacy
14 Mar 2013
Nick Rogers looks at the Bolivarian revolution of Hugo Chávez
Anti-war anniversary: Party with all-round strategy needed
14 Mar 2013
Moshé Machover looks back at a decade of anti-war protest. This is an edited version of his speech to the March 9 Ten wasted years? school, organised by the CPGB
Tusc: Let’s get this party started
07 Mar 2013
The current Tusc model has failed, argues Nick Wrack
Left organisation: Not another sinister sect
21 Feb 2013
The way the left organises is a nonsense, argues Nick Wrack. This is an edited version of his speech at the February 9 Socialist Organisation and Democracy event in Manchester
SUPPLEMENT: The antinomies of Georg Lukács
24 Jan 2013
Though his key texts languished in obscurity for half a century, Georg Lukács re-emerged in the late 20th century with a reputation as one of the great Marxist thinkers. Leading members of the Socialist Workers Party eagerly declared themselves amongst his disciples. However, James Turley argues that his work constitutes an obstacle to revolutionary politics
SWP: No return to normal
24 Jan 2013
The fight for democracy and accountability in the SWP is gaining ground, reports Ben Lewis
'Anti-Germans': Excusing capitalism of role in rise of Hitler
06 Dec 2012
Susann Witt-Stahl of the Hamburg-based Assoziation Dämmerung examines the enigma of the anti-German Germans
Mark Fisher: Not failing better, but fighting to win
01 Nov 2012
Is there no alternative? Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist realism, criticises neo-anarchism and outlines his perspectives
General strike: Rebuild the movement
18 Oct 2012
The call for a general strike to bring down the government is out of place, writes Mike Macnair
Permanent revolution and the battle for democracy
09 Aug 2012
Ben Lewis reviews: D Gaido and R B Day (editors and translators) Witnesses to permanent revolution: the documentary record Haymarket books, 2011, pp682, £25.99
Left pessimism and Tony Benn
12 Jul 2012
Tony Benn and the SWP find surprising common ground, their (mis)understanding of the working class, reports Mark Fischer
Wide open for the class
19 Apr 2012
What is class-consciousness? Paul B Smith discusses the possibility of a political revival