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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
Accentuate the positive
14 Jan 2010
At last the establishment of a left unity electoral coalition has been confirmed by the highly secretive 'core group'. But, asks Mike Macnair, is this unity built on sand?
No coalition with 'son of No2EU'
19 Nov 2009
Issues of left and right are not so clear-cut when it comes to Respect. Mike Macnair reports on its annual conference, held in Birmingham on Saturday November 14
Left unity - at what cost?
04 Dec 2008
Parti Socialiste leader Melenchon aims to be new Mitterrand, writes Jean-Michel Edwin
Down with utopia!
08 May 2008
The bankruptcy of the neoliberal model has created a vacuum for alternatives, writes Boris Kagarlitsky. If we do not fill it from the left, it will be filled from the right
Carry on regardless
28 Feb 2008
It is time for the SWP membership to call a halt to the leadership's stubborn GLA charade, argues Peter Manson
From SWP to Cameron's Tories
21 Feb 2008
Jim Moody asks if rank and file SWP members will challenge their leadership on its electoral follies
I did it for my community
21 Feb 2008
Tower Hamlets councillor Ahmed Hussain has defected from Respect-SWP to the Conservatives, making them the official opposition on the council. He spoke to Jim Moody
Roots of Stalinism
14 Feb 2008
Results of research in the Moscow archives throws up new insights on the post-revolution period. Phil Kent reports
Conway scandal silence
07 Feb 2008
They just keep on coming - yet another financial scandal ripples through Westminster. James Turley looks at the facts, the lessons and the embarrassment of the SWP
Rank and filism beckons
07 Feb 2008
Alan Stevens reports on the Organising For Fighting Unions London day school
No respect for socialist principle
31 Jan 2008
The story of Respect is nearing its end. Peter Manson looks back at the saga of SWP opportunism. This article was originally commissioned by the Russian journal Levaya Politika (Left Politics)
What next for Campaign for a Marxist Party?
20 Dec 2007
Following the election of a new committee of which he is a member, Hillel Ticktin gives his thoughts on the tasks of the Campaign for a Marxist Party
Past, present and future
20 Dec 2007
The struggle to equip the working class with a Communist Party has been long, arduous but absolutely necessary. The theme of a talk given by John Bridge at Communist University 2007
Crisis can no longer be hidden
06 Dec 2007
The crisis that split apart Respect is now enveloping the SWP itself. Peter Manson looks at the bitter debate within the organisation
New communism versus old Marxism
29 Nov 2007
Steve Freeman of the Revolutionary Democratic Group accuses the CPGB of voting against its own politics at the CMP conference