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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
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
Fresh start for Campaign for a Marxist Party
29 Nov 2007
In a rebuff to sectarians and halfway house supporters, the recall conference of the Campaign for a Marxist Party put it on a much sounder basis last Saturday. The tiny, unrepresentative Democratic Socialist Alliance faction that had dominated the committee for over a year, doing little or nothing, was replaced. Jim Moody reports
A rough guide
22 Nov 2007
The Campaign for a Marxist Party holds its reconvened conference this weekend. Jack Conrad looks at the main motions, amendments and political issues
Maintaining the pretence
22 Nov 2007
Posing left, pretending to be a victim, but talking only to itself, the SWP's rump of Respect could not raise the tone of its rally-cum-conference beyond the banal. Not only has the SWP lost around 500 members, writes Jim Moody, but its leadership has learnt nothing from the Respect debacle
Renewal of populism
22 Nov 2007
The Galloway version of Respect is taking confidence from its common anti-SWPism, writes Peter Manson. But the lack of clarity inherited from its parent means it cannot be a vehicle for working class advance
Can the SA arise from the ashes?
15 Nov 2007
Dave Craig thinks the Socialist Alliance might have a future
Salvage operation
15 Nov 2007
There are now two Respects nationally. And in Tower Hamlets - more than anywhere else - this split is replicated on the ground. Simon Wells reports on the latest conflicts
The futility and absurdity of halfway house projects
15 Nov 2007
As both wings of the organisation once known as Respect gather for 'conferences' in London, there is a good deal or hype and unfounded official optimism in the air, says Peter Manson
Two Respects, two dead ends
08 Nov 2007
John Rees has achieved what he set out to do in provoking a split, writes Peter Manson. But it is a pyrrhic victory, leaving the SWP more isolated than ever