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End the cycle of splits
24 May 2012
If the left is to build a serious political organisation it will have to facilitate internal dissent, writes Mike Macnair. And that will require both majorities and minorities to act responsibly
How not to do democracy
12 Mar 2026
Abridged report from Grassroots Left CEC members
Corbyn’s suffocating regime
12 Mar 2026
Everything was factionally choreographed. All of them knew what was going to happen and how they were supposed to vote. That is how The Many fights the left. Appeals for ‘unity’, ‘reconciliation’ or, god help us, ‘away days’ are beyond useless, says Carla Roberts
Key questions for uniting the left
12 Mar 2026
Today’s left is in a mess. The worst thing we can do is to repeat solutions that unmistakably failed in the past. Charlotte Bourchier of the Spartacist League of Australia discusses the debates in Communist Unity
Definitely His Party now
05 Mar 2026
With Gorton and Denton, Jeremy Corbyn jumped on the Green bandwagon. Where he might simply want an election deal, many will go the whole hog and take out membership. Carla Roberts reports on a very expensive CEC election campaign and the suffocating control-freakery
Those who do the counting
26 Feb 2026
Shedloads of members’ money was spent on a red-baiting election campaign. Grassroots Left remains committed to fight for the kind of socialist, democratic and anti-Zionist party that is urgently needed. Carla Roberts reports
Drag towards bureaucracy
19 Feb 2026
Grassroots Left is discussing how the party can be run democratically and what to do to ensure that CEC members are properly held to account. Carla Roberts explains
Red-baiting by HQ
12 Feb 2026
Despite the expulsions and unhinged attacks, Grassroots Left is on course to win a majority. Fearing defeat, the embattled Corbyn clique has gone into panic mode, says Carla Roberts
Our politics needs light
05 Feb 2026
Corbyn’s clique does not recognise branches, refuses to release membership data, holds fake consultations, insists on secret meetings, demands confidentiality and is unable to issue a clear, unambiguous political statement on Gorton and Denton - all reasons why socialists should support the Grassroots Left, says Carla Roberts
Yet another witch-hunt
22 Jan 2026
Corbyn’s The Many list is stuffed full of careerists, acolytes and the slightly deranged. Meanwhile, using all the Labour Party techniques, left candidates are being barred from standing. A bad omen, warns Carla Roberts
Rough guide to personalities and platforms
11 Dec 2025
Your Party launch conference might not have been allowed to discuss amendments that sought to enshrine the right of members to form platforms and factions - but there are plenty of them already operating and most of them openly. Carla Roberts takes a look
Socialism or barbarism
04 Dec 2025
She called herself anti-Zionist, condemned the witch-hunt, demanded the abolition of the monarchy, denounced the evils of capitalism and set conference alight. This is the Zarah Sultana speech in full
Two rebel speeches
04 Dec 2025
A triumph for citizen Sultana
04 Dec 2025
Corbyn’s clique began the witch-hunt on day one, got its organisational strategy and standing orders passed and remains firmly in control of the levers of power. However, the left is clearly winning the battle for hearts and minds. Jack Conrad gives the view from inside the ACC hall
A party divided
04 Dec 2025
No wonder Jeremy Corbyn personally thanked Karie Murphy in his conference speech: she delivered a masterclass in manipulation, says Carla Roberts. But it was Zarah Sultana who reigned supreme - her defiance should inspire members to fight back in the branches too
Neither king nor empress
27 Nov 2025
Do not take sides in a power struggle between MPs. Stop the organised left being banned and proscribed. Vote for an emergency, a temporary collective leadership. Fight for a party republic. Jack Conrad outlines the communist case