Party & Programme > Democratic centralism
The long view
29 Mar 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
CWI: A bureaucratic farce
20 Feb 2014
The anti-Keynesian dissident, Bruce Wallace, has been suspended, reports Paul Demarty
What might have been
13 Feb 2014
The Communist Platform meeting showed what the Socialist Platform could have been, says Ian Donovan
Left Unity: Assume we have a tin opener
13 Feb 2014
Mark Fischer spent a day at Left Unity's most recent TNC meeting... though it felt like a lot longer
SWP conference: Notes of a delegate
19 Dec 2013
An oppositionist calls for the whole of the left to engage in debate and rethink its politics
SWP: Creating a desert waste
19 Dec 2013
For the third time in just over a year, the leadership is drawing a line. Actually, argues Ben Lewis, Charlie Kimber and Alex Callinicos are busily destroying their own organisation
Left Unity: Establishing freedom to criticise
05 Dec 2013
Paul Demarty looks at the constitutional fallout for Left Unity post-conference
SWP: Another split looms
28 Nov 2013
The leadership refuses to accept that there is any truth in opposition criticisms. Peter Manson reviews this years final Pre-conference Bulletin
Left Unity: How to vote at conference
28 Nov 2013
CPGB Provisional Central Committee recommendations
Lukács: The philosophy trap
21 Nov 2013
György Lukács provided the theoretical overkill for the bureaucratic centralism of groups like the SWP, argues Mike Macnair
SWP opposition: Facing a rout
14 Nov 2013
There are signs of increasing demoralisation amongst oppositionists, writes Peter Manson
Why I am leaving the AWL
07 Nov 2013
Pat Smith's resignation letter
AWL: Failing the litmus test of loyalty
07 Nov 2013
The republication of a chauvinistic article on the Alliance for Workers Liberty website was the spark that led Patrick Smith to resign from the organisation. Mark Fischer asked him about his experience in the group
AWL: Siege mentality
31 Oct 2013
Conference is where political differences should be debated out. Paul Demarty reports on an exception
SWP: Insiders call leadership to account
31 Oct 2013
Members have finally been presented with a detailed report of the Delta case, reports Peter Manson. But it does not make easy reading for the central committee
SWP: Another dreadful mess
17 Oct 2013
The behaviour of the SWP brings the whole left into disrepute, writes Peter Manson