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Overcoming the enemies within

17 May 2012

The left must unite in order to change the relationship of forces both within and outside the Labour Party, argues Mike Macnair

Chipping away at Labour illusions

27 Mar 1997

Dave Nellist was a Labour MP from 1983 to 1991, when he was expelled from the Labour Party in the anti-Militant witch hunt, but remained in parliament until his defeat in the 1992 general election. Today he is a member of the Socialist Party’s national committee and will be contesting Coventry South on May 1. Peter Manson spoke to him

Red flag raised against Blair

27 Mar 1997

Lee-Anne Bates spoke to Brian Gibson, who is the SLP candidate in Sedgefield, County Durham, standing against Tony Blair. He is a long-standing trade unionist, a member of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in the area and was a Labour Party member until expelled in 1988

Shifting sands of SWP Labourism

27 Mar 1997

Education for the struggle

27 Mar 1997

Socialist minimum

27 Mar 1997

To date the Brent branch of the SLP has still received no communication from the NEC and is therefore continuing with its election campaign. Stan Keable, SLP parliamentary candidate for Brent East, here challenges ‘Red’ Ken in the local press