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
Mapping the alternative
29 Sep 2011
The workers' movement must begin to act on a European scale, argues Mike Macnair
Leninist assumptions and cult hierarchies
29 Sep 2011
Simon Pirani was part of a panel of three who addressed the CPGB's Communist University under the title of 'They fuck you up, the left'. This is an edited version of his speech
Hideous capitalist system
29 Sep 2011
Mark Fischer on the hunger marches of the National Unemployed Workers Movement
Organising for an alternative vision
22 Sep 2011
Student unions are not like trade unions, argues Mike Macnair. Unity must be built primarily around politics, not 'student issues'
Die Linke booted out
22 Sep 2011
After 10 years, the German left party has been voted out of the Berlin city coalition government, reports Tina Becker. But instead of criticisms of its participation there are calls for a show of false 'unity' to win back support
A hypothesis to change the world
15 Sep 2011
Mike Macnair explains the thinking behind the new version of the CPGB's Draft programme
A triumphant victory?
08 Sep 2011
Claire Fisher and Maciej Zurowski report on the English Defence League demonstration in east London and the response of anti-fascists
A victorious debate
08 Sep 2011
The 1920 Halle congress of the Independent Social Democrats of Germany (USPD) was a turning point for our movement. It was also a moment of triumph for Grigory Zinoviev. This is an excerpt from Ben Lewis's introduction to a new book, 'Zinoviev and Martov: head to head in Halle'
Defending Marxist Hegelianism against a Marxist critique
11 Aug 2011
Chris Cutrone of the US Platypus group takes issue with Mike Macnair
Head to head in Halle
11 Aug 2011
Helping to deepen our understanding of a crucial chapter in the history of the European working class movement
Lenin's strategy: illusory or realistic?
04 Aug 2011
Mike Macnair reviews Lars T Lih's 'Lenin' Reaktion Books, Critical lives series, London 2011, pp234,
The day of ragged processions is over
04 Aug 2011
In 1921 the CPGB was instrumental in forming the National Unemployed Workers' Committee Movement
First they came for the anarchists
04 Aug 2011
Maciej Zurowski spoke to Donnacha DeLong, anarchist and NUJ President
Maoism with pretensions
28 Jul 2011
Mike Macnair reviews: Alain Badiou's 'The communist hypothesis' (translators D Macey, S Corcoran) London 2010, pp279, £12.99
Solidarity with Ireland
28 Jul 2011
A young CPGB sought to rouse the movement in Britain