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The long view

29 Mar 2012

Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism

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

SWP: Leatherites thirsting for a purge

10 Oct 2013

Faced with criticism from two directions, the central committee is desperately trying to limit the damage. Peter Manson reports

SWP: At war with itself

03 Oct 2013

The leadership is divided between two competing factions. Meanwhile there is the challenge presented by the official opposition. Peter Manson reports on the growing disarray

Die Linke: Safe spaces task force

26 Sep 2013

A word of warning from Maciej Zurowski for those in Left Unity who wish to emulate the German left party

Safe spaces: Conway-Hudson school of censorship

26 Sep 2013

Paul Demarty defends the idea of free speech on the left

SWP: Treating the symptoms

26 Sep 2013

Attempting to reform the disputes procedure will not cure the SWP of its bureaucratic centralism. Meanwhile, splits have opened up in both the opposition and loyalist camps, writes Peter Manson

CWI Ireland: Attempt to silence critics

08 Aug 2013

Anne McShane surveys the response to CWI member Craig Murphy's honest and forthright article on the Socialist Party in Ireland

Socialist Party Ireland: Not for the public domain

25 Jul 2013

Craig Murphy, a member of the Socialist Party in Ireland, reports on the resignation of four prominent comrades and the dishonest response of the leadership

Delta resigns: Now the rest should follow

25 Jul 2013

The resignation of Martin Smith was long overdue, argues Peter Manson

Democratic centralism: Further fortunes of a formula

25 Jul 2013

While the emphasis inevitably shifted according to circumstances, writes Lars T Lih, for the Bolsheviks democracy was just as vital as centralism

Alex in wonderland

18 Jul 2013

Attempts by the leadership to portray the SWP as the only ‘Leninist’ organisation in town are totally at odds with reality, argues Ben Lewis

Democratic centralism: The genie and the bottle

18 Jul 2013

If you can loosen SWP restrictions on free debate on one occasion, asks Peter Manson, why not do so permanently?

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