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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
SWP bites its lip
19 Jan 2006
The Socialist Workers Party is deeply uneasy about George Galloway's antics in the Big brother house - but it was them who gave him carte blanche to be a free agent in the first place, says Peter Manson
Maverick George Galloway offends SWP sensibilities
12 Jan 2006
George Galloway's decision to try his hand at 'reality' TV as a Big brother contestant has thrown Respect and the Socialist Workers Party into disarray, to put it mildly. Peter Manson reports
Building the new
15 Dec 2005
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group looks at the newly established Socialist Alliance
Losing the plot
15 Dec 2005
The latest meeting of Respect Hackney underlined the profound crisis of the comrades in the Socialist Workers Party over their role in Respect - they either ignore oppositional voices or they shout them down. Tina Becker reports
Two-ward timid token
15 Dec 2005
Stan Keable attended the latest meeting of Respect West London - and was surprised by the pessimistic mood of the comrades
Gay rights 'shibboleth'
24 Nov 2005
Was it just an oversight that gay and lesbian rights did not feature in Respect's election manifestio? Apparently not, as the debate at conference showed. Peter Manson reports
United democratic opposition needed
24 Nov 2005
Principled communists and socialists should start working together in order to combat accustions of islamophobia and treachery, says Anne Mc Shane
A dead parrot - not quite
24 Nov 2005
Non-aligned Respect member Sean Thompson expresses his fear that the project is being killed by SWP control-freakery
A strange amalgam
24 Nov 2005
Respect's second annual conference took place over the weekend of November 19-20. But what is Respect, asks Peter Manson - a party or coalition? In fact it is a chimera, a multi-headed beast which is regularly redefined by its leaders according to needs and circumstances
We're small but we're back
17 Nov 2005
Pete McLaren and Steve Freeman report on a meeting to revive the Socialist Alliance. Both are officers in the new formation
Open the borders
17 Nov 2005
Respect conference delegate David Isaacson explains why he will be supporting resolution 31, which would committ Respect to "oppose all borders"
Galloway's Churchillian moment
17 Nov 2005
Mark Fischer listened to George Galloway praising the British armed forces in World War II - "our finest hour as a country"
The modern Janus
17 Nov 2005
Respect purports to have something for everyone. In terms of programme, argues Jack Conrad, that means the attempt face two ways at the same time
Debates from amongst the wreckage
10 Nov 2005
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group gives his account of the issues involved at this weekend's attempt to launch another Socialist Alliance
Meat and drink
10 Nov 2005
Ted North reports from a meeting of University of Sheffield Respect Society, which was addressed by George Galloway