Party & Programme
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
False party concepts
30 Oct 2025
Left organisations which stand for managerialist organisational conceptions function as actual outworks of the fortifications of capitalist rule. Mike Macnair criticises the Cliffite SWP and the Grantite RCP
Down memory lane
23 Oct 2025
Some are extraordinarily reluctant to face up to the global dynamics ushered in by the 1989-91 collapse. China cannot be substituted for the USSR. Neither can we revive the Spirit of ’45 nor the promises of Keynesianism. Mike Macnair explores the perspectives of the CPB’s EC and the SWP’s CC
A study in control freakery
23 Oct 2025
The four founding documents need at the very least serious revision. However, there are no official channels whereby members and branches can exert an influence, let alone take control, says Carla Roberts
Another fine mess
16 Oct 2025
At the top there is secrecy and there is bungling. Comrades need to get organised on a serious and principled basis, says Carla Roberts. Chasing unity for unity’s sake can only but result in fudge and confusion
Opening the second front
09 Oct 2025
Labourism dominates the working class electorate in Australia. Meanwhile, sectarianism dominates the left groups that pass themselves off as Marxist. Brunhilda Olding, a member of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation, welcomes an initiative designed to challenge both labourism and sectarianism
Red-green hot air
09 Oct 2025
Zack Polanski wants to ‘save Britain’ by making it ‘fair’ and ‘more equal’. But, says Carla Roberts, genuine socialists work to organise the working class to overthrow the capitalist regime
Probabilities, not certainties
02 Oct 2025
Should we refuse to take sides against our own ruling class because we lack absolute theoretical certainty? Should we downgrade the centrality of programme for diplomatic unity? Mike Macnair answers Jaques de Fouw
Neither king nor empress
02 Oct 2025
There is no reason to take sides in what is an unsavoury power struggle between MPs. Meanwhile, Jack Conrad warns of an impending anti-left witch-hunt and calls for the left to unite around programme and principle
Civil war continues
25 Sep 2025
Stay well clear of efforts to ‘save’ Your Party’s launch conference by a self-appointed clique intent on staging their own coup, says Carla Roberts. Instead rely on members, branches, STV elections and democracy
Paved with good intentions
25 Sep 2025
Informed by a pamphlet written by the Pacific Collective (Marxist-Leninist), Jaques de Fouw explains how to build communist unity through a watered down minimal programme and opening up to opportunist groups
Straight from Momentum playbook
18 Sep 2025
Branches are to be ignored and the mass of members treated to token regional meetings and pointless break‑out sessions. Carla Roberts examines the plans for November’s founding conference
Tailing the tailists
11 Sep 2025
We are for the existence of factions where there are substantive differences. They can aid political clarity and the educational quality of debates. But what Carla Roberts proposes is that the CPGB should follow the standard far-left path. This is liquidationist, argues Mike Macnair
Reject this dog’s dinner
11 Sep 2025
Team Corbyn is postponing the launch conference. When it eventually happens, participants will be chosen by lot, things will be run under tight control and serious debate will not get a look-in, says Carla Roberts
Don’t put off democracy
04 Sep 2025
Max Shanly and Jack Conrad debated the pros and cons of sortition for the founding conference of Your Party. Should we seek to mirror the average? Or raise the average through electing delegates? Carla Roberts reports
Say it loud, say it proud
04 Sep 2025
Why does Jeremy Corbyn refuse to say he is anti-Zionist? Jack Conrad urges Your Party to draw a clear red line. Israel is an expansionist project, a racist project, a genocidal project