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The long view
29 Mar 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
SWP: Annual show of ‘democracy’
11 Oct 2012
This years first Internal Bulletin is a CC dominated token effort at democratic debate. Will this change, wonders Peter Manson?
Democratic centralism and idiocy of the sects
28 Jun 2012
Comrades need the space to develop and express their ideas, argues Jim Creegan. The wider the distance between a given question and the party's immediate objectives and tasks, the more latitude they should have to do so in public
Rewriting the past
31 May 2012
Lawerence Parker reviews: Roger Seifert and Tom Sibley Revolutionary communist at work: a political biography of Bert Ramelson Lawrence and Wishart, 2012, pp414,
The long view
29 Mar 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
The tiny cog and its mechanical mindset
13 Oct 2011
Peter Manson reviews the first of three SWP pre-conference bulletins
The tragedy of Sylvia Pankhurst
09 Jun 2011
Sectarianism led to putting individual projects before party
Real democracy needs organisation
09 Jun 2011
Collective discipline is absolutely fundamental to majoritarian politics, writes James Turley
Latest irresponsible split from SWP
14 Apr 2011
The defection of Chris Bambery and a section of the Scottish membership highlights systemic failings. Peter Manson reports
The phoney war has ended
17 Feb 2011
Alex John describes the opening round in the CPGB discussion on perspectives
Extended rally gives leadership free rein
13 Jan 2011
The central committee brushed differences under the carpet at the Socialist Workers Party annual conference. James Turley reports
Another one bites the dust
06 Jan 2011
Even before SWP comrades gather in London for their annual conference, the central committee has sacked Martin Smith as national secretary and replaced him by Charlie Kimber. Peter Manson looks at an organisation in crisis
Lessons of the NUWM and UWC
28 Jan 2010
Mark Fischer takes a look at the National Unemployed Workers Movement and the Unemployed Workers Charter
Looking good
14 Feb 2008
Partisans for the paper. Mary Godwin reports on the CPGB's February aggregate meeting
Shaky SACP tries to steer ANC
13 Dec 2007
Next week the African National Congress holds its conference, where president Thabo Mbeki is being challenged for the leadership by Jacob Zuma, who is supported by a faction of the South African Communist Party. South African socialist Terry Bell looks at the financial problems of the SACP and the party's role within the ANC
Posing left or defending principle
06 Dec 2007
David Broder, a member of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty, has responded to an article by Tina Becker on the campaign for democracy in the National Union of Students. Ben Lewis continues the debate