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The long view
29 Mar 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
Stay and fight the battle of ideas
19 Jan 2017
Despite widespread outrage over the Lansman coup, there is little appetite to split Momentum, says Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Contemptible document
12 Jan 2017
William Sarsfield of Labour Party Marxists looks at the new Lansman constitution
Fit for a dictator
15 Dec 2016
Allies of Jon Lansman have produced a draft constitution for Momentum. William Sarsfield takes a look
A false narrative
15 Dec 2016
The current Momentum crisis has nothing to do with age, Trotsky or even the voting method to be used at conference, says Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists. It is about who controls Momentum and for what political ends
The nuclear option
08 Dec 2016
While Jon Lansman considers ending it all, the left majority needs to press home its advantage, urges Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
A party, within a party, within ...
10 Nov 2016
Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists reports from the November 5 meeting of members of the Momentum national committee
Same old ephemeral new
10 Nov 2016
Paul Mason may now be championing ‘consensus democracy’, but its failings have long been established, writes Mick Last of the Labour Party Marxists
Call for NC members to meet
03 Nov 2016
Letter signed by concerned Momentum delegates
Sole director wants to dispense with representative democracy
03 Nov 2016
Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists reports on the botched Bonapartist coup and the ongoing rebellion
Labour’s perpetual war zone
13 Oct 2016
Corbyn is right to keep the power to hire and fire, writes Eddie Ford
Momentum or inertia?
13 Oct 2016
As long as it is treated as the private property of its most timid elements, Momentum is doomed, argues Jim Grant of Labour Party Marxists
Going into overdrive
06 Oct 2016
On the one hand, the Morning Star is supporting Jeremy Corbyn completely uncritically, writes Peter Manson. On the other, it claims the real action is ‘on the streets’
How to win
29 Sep 2016
Jeremy Corbyn’s triumph was predictable. So were the olive branches waved about from both sides. However, says James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists, the civil war will continue till one side or the other wins
Victory and retreat
29 Sep 2016
Despite the talk about ‘wiping the slate clean’, Jim Grant of Labour Party Marxists expects the war to continue
We need a brand new clause four
22 Sep 2016
The battle with the right is sure to intensify after Corbyn’s re-election. As part of that battle James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists calls for the adoption of new principles