Party & Programme > Democratic centralism
The long view
Hidden from history
22 Nov 2007
Lawrence Parker, The kick inside - revolutionary opposition in the CPGB 1960-1991 2007, £4.00 (+ £1.15 postage), pp75
The procedural is political
15 Nov 2007
We must learn to recognise both bureaucratic and legalistic manipulation, writes Mike Macnair
Facebook censorship
06 Sep 2007
David Isaacson of Communist Students shows that the SWP stands opposed to debate and the free exchange of ideas
Bleeding obvious
26 Jul 2007
What exactly is the AWL frightened of? Mark Fischer wonders
Majority rights and minority duties
19 Jul 2007
It is irresponsible to threaten to walk out simply because one finds oneself in a minority, says Eddie Ford
Unity in diversity
11 May 2006
How does the concept of the united front fit into the struggle for a Communist Party? Mike Macnair continues his examination of strategy
You're out, comrade X!
23 Mar 2006
No names
23 Mar 2006
Wrong thoughts
23 Mar 2006
Martin Smith and his telephone expulsion
23 Mar 2006
As the latest case shows, any member who dares to question the Socialist Workers' Party's political trajectory faces expulsion by telephone. Martin Smith's regime is a disgrace and discredits the left in general, writes SW Kenning
Revolutionary strategy and Marxist conclusions
23 Feb 2006
In the second in a series of articles, Mike Macnair continues his examination of right-moving Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire theorists and the response of the SWP's Alex Callinicos
Floundering towards Eurocommunism
16 Feb 2006
While Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire theorists flounder towards Eurocommunism, the SWP's Alex Callinicos can only answer them with evasion. In the first of two articles, Mike Macnair discusses revolutionary strategy
Security, control and principled debate
02 Feb 2006
Does our paper's fight for transparency in the workers' movement play games with "people's lives and livelihoods"? The letter below from Mike Davies, a member of the left nationalist group, Cymru Goch, makes that charge. Mark Fischer replies
A modest proposal
15 Jan 2004
Manny Neira calls for a review of the democratic centralism practised by our organisation
No expulsions
08 Jan 2004
Anne Mc Shane of the Socialist Alliance appeals committee welcomes the long overdue dropping of all charges against the Bedfordshire two