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
For realism, for humanity
08 Nov 2007
What is the Marxist method? Hillel Ticktin looks at the main features. This is the first of three articles
Ditch the strategic illusion
08 Nov 2007
Pro-Tehran apologetics in the Stop the War Coalition represents a kind of nostalgia for the 'anti-imperialist front', writes Mike Macnair
Lies cannot stop imperialists
08 Nov 2007
In her speech to the October 27 conference of the Stop the War Coalition, Somaye Zadeh of Campaign Iran tried to counter the imperialist lies about the Tehran regime with misinformation of her own. Yassamine Mather insists upon the truth
Two Respects, two dead ends
08 Nov 2007
John Rees has achieved what he set out to do in provoking a split, writes Peter Manson. But it is a pyrrhic victory, leaving the SWP more isolated than ever
Filling a political gap
01 Nov 2007
Yassamine Mather of Hopi spoke to Mark Fischer after the Stop the War Coalition conference
Friends of Tehran
01 Nov 2007
The annual conference of the Stop the War Coalition upheld the decision to exclude Hands Off the People of Iran and Communist Students. Mohsen Sabbagh reports
In the footsteps of WRP?
01 Nov 2007
The pro-Iran apologetics at the Stop the War conference brought back unsavoury memories of Gerry Healy's 'Libyan gold'. James Turley examines the history
After his Moscow, Rees faces his Waterloo
25 Oct 2007
The leadership of the Socialist Workers Party is not only fighting Galloway and his allies in Respect. Peter Manson shows that there is growing discontent in the ranks of the SWP itself
A tiny step forward
25 Oct 2007
Alan Stevens reports on the London conference of the National Shop Stewards Network
Lies and confusion
25 Oct 2007
After the exclusion of Hands Off the People of Iran campaign, along with Communist Students, from the Stop the War Coalition some quick-thinking members of the Socialist Workers Party decided to defend the expulsions on the social networking site, Facebook. Chris Strafford reports
Politics of exclusion
25 Oct 2007
Andrew Murray, chair of the Stop the War Coalition, emailed Hands Off the People of Iran and Communist Students on October 12 announcing that their affiliation had been rejected. In this contribution to the STWC's October 19 national bulletin he tries to justify the decision
Jack Conrad replies
25 Oct 2007
Wot? No left?
25 Oct 2007
In the fight between George Galloway and the SWP, Mike Macnair is reminded of the debate between the Bukharinite 'rights' and the Stalinists in 1929-33
Unity with al Sadr
25 Oct 2007
Anne Mc Shane reports on the "international conference" organised by the Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM)
Attempting to retreat in good order
18 Oct 2007
Respect's terminal crisis is spreading acute tensions into the SWP, writes Peter Manson, with the leadership expelling three more prominent dissidents