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
Zinoviev and the Halle Congress
25 Nov 2010
Zinoviev's largely forgotten speech and Martov's counterblast for the first time in English, plus introductory essays by Ben Lewis and Lars T Lih
The ironic triumph of 'old Bolshevism'
25 Nov 2010
Using new archival research, Canadian scholar Lars T Lih spoke to a London Communist Forum meeting about the 'April debates' and their impact on Bolshevik strategy through to October 1917
No to nationalist response
25 Nov 2010
There is no solution to the Irish crisis within its own borders. Anne Mc Shane calls for internationalism and solidarity
Harness the anger: the anti-cuts movement we need
25 Nov 2010
James Turley looks ahead to the Coalition of Resistance conference and warns against the lack of democracy and a clear programme
From Stalinism to social democracy
18 Nov 2010
Chris Gray reviews Brian Hanley and Scott Millar's 'The lost revolution: the story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party' Penguin Books 2010, pp601, GBP9.99
Good, bad, and middling Trots
18 Nov 2010
Voting in the election to replace Derek Simpson as general secretary of Unite the Union ends on November 19. Gerry Downing reports on the attacks on the Jerry Hicks campaign from supporters of left bureaucrat Len McCluskey
Clutching at straws
18 Nov 2010
The Respect Party is looking for a revival of its flagging fortunes through the election of George Galloway as an MSP. Peter Manson reports on a low-key conference
Poll tax reminiscences
11 Nov 2010
Maciej Zurowski finds that SPEW just cannot seem to get the actual Labour Party out of its head
Budget crisis deepens
11 Nov 2010
Double standards need to be challenged by the left in Ireland, writes Anne Mc Shane
The two souls of socialism
11 Nov 2010
Trade union politics was the main dish at Socialism 2010, the Socialist Party's annual school. James Turley reports
Sanctions take their toll
11 Nov 2010
Yassamine Mather calls for international solidarity with Iranian workers
Lies will not help the anti-war movement
04 Nov 2010
Ben Lewis reports on the Stop the War Coalition's annual conference, where underhand methods were once again deployed to reject the affiliation of Hands Off the People of Iran
How did it come to this?
04 Nov 2010
Nick Rogers examines the tragic results of the SSP split
SSP chickens come home to roost
04 Nov 2010
Where did it all go wrong? asks Sarah McDonald
In defence of left communism
04 Nov 2010
James Tansey takes issue with Jack Conrad