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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
Fence-sitter
03 May 2007
Barry Biddulph, of Sheffield CMP, adds his thoughts on halfway houses
No backsliding
03 May 2007
The April 29 London meeting of the Campaign for a Marxist Party discussed at length the need for the CMP to stand firm on its founding principle - that communists need to campaign for a Marxist party in the here and now, not at some time in the indefinite future. Mary Godwin reports
Propaganda for a lost generation
26 Apr 2007
Phil Sharpe replies to Mike Macnair on the question of the Marxist party's programme
Party standing on principle
19 Apr 2007
Sajid Mehmood is the Respect candidate for Park ward in the metropolitan district council of Calderdale. Peter Manson spoke to him about his strange route into Respect - via Labour, the Tories and Labour again
Sheridan to back SNP
12 Apr 2007
Both the Scottish Socialist Party and Solidarity are in self-destruct mode, says Peter Manson
Party and programme
05 Apr 2007
The Campaign for a Marxist Party held its first meeting in Sheffield in the form of a day school on March 31. Phil Walden reports
Always imperialist
29 Mar 2007
The third London meeting of the Campaign for a Marxist Party, on Sunday March 25, discussed the disastrous consequences that flow from a flawed reading of Lenin's flawed theory. Mary Godwin reports
New star recruit Tafazzal Hussain: businessman
22 Mar 2007
Peter Manson on the former Lib Dem council candidate Tafazzal Hussain, who has just joined Respect
CMP steps up a gear
15 Mar 2007
Peter Manson reports on the first national members' meeting of the Campaign for a Marxist Party
Shambolic scramble for candidates
08 Mar 2007
Cameron Richards reports on the March 6 election meeting of Respect Wales, which was attended by the grand total of 13 people
ISG split over Respect
01 Mar 2007
In January, two leading members of the International Socialist Group, Alan Thornett and John Lister, left the officers' group that heads the Respect national council. Others in and around the ISG-dominated paper/front Socialist Resistance have quit Respect altogether. Jim Moody reports
What kind of programme?
22 Feb 2007
Mary Godwin reports from the second London meeting of the Campaign for a Marxist Party, held on Sunday February 18
Nationalism versus Marxism
08 Feb 2007
The Campaign for a Marxist Party held its first Glasgow public meeting on Saturday February 3. It took the form of a debate entitled 'The way forward for the left', featuring Hillel Ticktin for the CMP; Jack Ferguson of the Scottish Socialist Party's executive committee; Gordon Morgan, national treasurer of Solidarity; and Yassamine Mather of the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign. Peter Kennedy reports
It's not what you know but who you know
08 Feb 2007
On January 23 Yasir Idris was selected at a meeting of South West Birmingham Respect to contest the Moseley and Kings Heath ward in the May council elections. He beat the Socialist Workers Party's Helen Salmon by 35 votes to 20. Peter Manson spoke to him
Respect: our new moral guardians
08 Feb 2007
Anne Mc Shane reviews Ariel Levy's Female chauvinist pigs: women and the rise of raunch culture (Pocket Books, 2005, pp240, £7.99)