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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
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)
What sort of programme?
01 Feb 2007
Members of the Campaign for a Marxist Party in the Midlands area met last Saturday (January 22) in Birmingham. Dave Spencer reports
How to fight for party
25 Jan 2007
Around 20 comrades came together for the first London meeting of the Campaign for a Marxist Party on January 21. This took the form of a debate and discussion on the immediate tasks of the CMP, initiated by Mike Macnair of the CPGB and Chris Grey of New Interventions. Peter Manson reports
What now for the Marxist Party campaign?
25 Jan 2007
To call for a Marxist party is to intervene in the movement in a sect way, writes Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group, continuing his reply to Mike Macnair
Left network launched
18 Jan 2007
Dave Isaacson reports on the January 13 launch conference of Socialist Youth Network, the Labour Representation Committee's youth organisation, at the University of London Union
SWP puritanism
11 Jan 2007
The Socialist Workers Party is fronting a Respect campaign to rid the East End of strip and lap-dancing clubs. Simon Wells reports
No anti-communist witch-hunts
11 Jan 2007
Members of Communist Students have been banned from a new 'open' socialist youth organisation set up by supporters of the John McDonnell campaign. James Turley and Tina Becker report
Low-key rally
07 Dec 2006
Dave Isaacson reports from the so-called 'conference' of Student Respect, which attracted no more than 80 people - a reflection of the state of the organisation nationally