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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 crisis: Professor Callinicos and the dark side
31 Jan 2013
Finally a member of the SWP central committee attempts to defend its conduct. Paul Demarty wishes he hadnt bothered
SWP: No return to normal
24 Jan 2013
The fight for democracy and accountability in the SWP is gaining ground, reports Ben Lewis
The left: Rebellion, regroupment and the party we need
17 Jan 2013
Ben Lewis surveys the British lefts response to the crisis gripping the SWP, and calls for a radical change of culture
SWP crisis: Opposition emboldened as demand for recall grows
17 Jan 2013
The leadership can no longer lead - but a positive outcome to the crisis requires more than the removal of the entire CC, argues Paul Demarty
SWP's Tom Walker: Why I am resigning
10 Jan 2013
Tom Walker, (now former) Socialist Worker journalist, argues that the time has come to leave the SWP
SWP conference: Comrades in the SWP, rebel!
10 Jan 2013
The central committee was delivered a body blow at this weekends conference - but for dissidents the fight must go on, argues Paul Demarty
SWP: Expelled before conference begins
20 Dec 2012
Once more the SWP central committee has acted to silence critics and cut off debate, reports Peter Manson
SWP conference: Crazy contortions of SWP central committee
13 Dec 2012
Following criticisms of the SWPs culture and practice in the first two Internal Bulletins, the leadership has mobilised to rubbish opponents. Peter Manson reports
Anti-Capitalist Initiative:Up the Swanny
06 Dec 2012
The Anti-Capitalist Initiative hosted two events over the weekend of December 1-2. Mark Fischer was not impressed
Australian SA: Regroupment in a revolutionary party
08 Nov 2012
Have the hard-line Cliffite sectarians seen the light?
SWP conference: An anatomical investigation
08 Nov 2012
A minority of SWP comrades are taking advantage of their right to put their views before the membership once a year. Peter Manson reviews the latest Pre-conference Bulletin
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