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
United front Hodge-podge
08 Jul 2010
Mark Fischer detects SWP softness toward potential allies in the Labour Party
Thuggery at 'Marxism'
08 Jul 2010
Claire Fisher reports on a disturbing outbreak of thuggery at Marxism 2010 - and Zuri Zurowski continues the story
Subtext and loyal opposition
08 Jul 2010
How far does John Molyneux's critique of SWP bureaucratic centralism go? Ben Lewis reports
Representation, not referendums
01 Jul 2010
The basis of decision-making under the dictatorship of the proletariat is not the same as under communism, argues Mike Macnair
Labour Party and communist strategy
24 Jun 2010
Is there space within Labour to struggle for democracy and a left revival? Peter Manson reports on the CPGB debate
Socialism is a form of class struggle
24 Jun 2010
Why can't the proletariat abolish capitalism immediately on taking power? The answer lies in the need for transition, argues Mike Macnair
Tusc agrees to limp on
24 Jun 2010
The Socialist Party in England and Wales still pretends its electoral coalition will spawn a new workers' party, reports Mark Fischer
Star wars results from decay of political culture
17 Jun 2010
The industrial unrest at the Morning Star, involving the Communist Party of Britain and National Union of Journalists, cannot be put down to unreasonable workers, argues James Turley
Against the state, not just the ruling class
10 Jun 2010
Mike Macnair completes his examination of the lessons of bourgeois revolution
Where now for the left?
10 Jun 2010
The Labour left has a constant tendency to look to its right for allies, writes Ben Lewis
Fresh thinking and stale dogma
10 Jun 2010
Another split on the left leads to questions being raised about what passes for 'democratic centralism'. James Turley looks at the travails of the IMT
Left and right views
03 Jun 2010
Two prominent figures in Die Linke spoke to Tina Becker
Danger of honest opportunism
03 Jun 2010
The draft programme of Die Linke represents an advance on its previous documents, writes Tina Becker, but that is not saying very much. While it condemns capitalism, the party's perspectives are unashamedly Keynesian and clearly reformist
Holmes and Bannister divide the left vote
03 Jun 2010
The current election for Unison general secretary exposes the failure of the left. Will Pragnell looks at the manoeuvrings of Dave Prentis and the right and urges the left to unite
Models of revolution
03 Jun 2010
Mike Macnair reviews Henry Heller's 'The bourgeois revolution in France 1789-1815' Bergahn Books, 2006, pp172, £20.13; and, David Parker's (ed) 'Ideology, absolutism and the English revolution: debates of the British communist historians, 1940-1956' Lawrence and Wishart, 2008, pp285, £18.99