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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

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