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
Both Pham Binh and Paul Le Blanc are wrong
05 Apr 2012
The left has never properly grasped the history and significance of Bolshevism, argues Mike Macnair
Breaking with the cold war consensus
05 Apr 2012
Has today's anti-Stalinist left sleepwalked into a Stalinoid conception of 'Bolshevism'? This is an edited and expanded version of the speech delivered by the CPGB's Ben Lewis to the March 31-April 1 Platypus convention in Chicago
Wanting to get Lenin wrong
29 Mar 2012
Pham Binh challenges those who insist on maintaining their fictional image of Lenin and the Bolsheviks - despite the overwhelming evidence
The long view
29 Mar 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
Memoirs of a loyal oppositionist
29 Mar 2012
Rossana Rossanda (translated by Romy Clark Giuliani) The comrade from Milan Verso 2010, pp384,
Fur flies over Lenin
22 Mar 2012
What has the debate over 1912 got to do with current communist practice? James Turley answers the philistines
Occupational hazards
15 Mar 2012
As the St Paul's protest camp continues its transformation into a respectable pressure group with mainstream support, James Turley draws a few lessons
Expulsion and exclusion as war threat grows
08 Mar 2012
The SWP no longer controls Stop the War, writes Peter Manson, but its successors still practise SWP-style bureaucratism
Not our friend
08 Mar 2012
Cat Rylance's speech to the 2012 STWC conference on behalf of Communist Students
Silencing voices
08 Mar 2012
Workers Power is again embroiled in internal disputes. James Turley asks why it insists on hiding its internal differences
Doing their job
08 Mar 2012
Tina Becker's speech to the 2012 STWC conference on behalf of the CPGB
Stop the War Coalition: end exclusions
23 Feb 2012
Say no to the exclusions at the upcoming Stop The War Coalition conference
SUPPLEMENT: Falling out over a Cliff
16 Feb 2012
Was Lenin a lying manoeuvrer? Were the Bolsheviks a cult led by an all-knowing leader and staffed by narrow-minded minions? Lars T Lih joins in the debate over Tony Cliff's biography and debunks some myths held by both left and right
Realistic propaganda and cynical agitation
09 Feb 2012
Has the SWP learnt the lessons following the debacle of 'All out, stay out'? Laurie Smith investigates
Opposing imperialism does not mean supporting oppression
02 Feb 2012
Anti-war protest disrupted by attack on supporters of the Iranian green movement. Ben Lewis reports