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
Three faces of SWP
12 Jul 2007
Phil Kent on how the SWP puts on different hats for different purposes
Strategic thinking?
12 Jul 2007
Over a thousand people packed into the July 5 opening rally of this year's Marxism, held as usual in London's Friends Meeting House. Mark Fischer reports
Complacent indifference
12 Jul 2007
Peter Manson on the session 'Scotland - on the road to independence?'
Good theorist fallen amongst economists
12 Jul 2007
Mark Fischer reports on the session with Neil Davidson
Stop thuggery in workers' movement
12 Jul 2007
This year's Marxism was marred by a disgraceful physical assault by SWP national organiser Martin Smith. Mark Fischer demands the setting up of a workers' commission to investigate
SWP and morality
12 Jul 2007
An ideal opportunity to challenge the SWP leadership over its attitude to Martin Smith's thuggery came at the Sunday afternoon session aptly entitled 'Marxism and morality'. Peter Manson reports
Starting to think
12 Jul 2007
Starting to think
Workerist class?
12 Jul 2007
Chris Harman gave the opening speech in a session entitled 'How important is class today?', reports Dave Isaacson
Sickening apologetics
12 Jul 2007
SWP member Naz Massoumi addressed the session entitled 'Iran - from revolution to rogue state', reports James Turley
Dublin 1916 and the 'blood sacrifice'
05 Jul 2007
Philip Ferguson gives his view on some common criticisms of James Connolly
Proposition number one and one-dimensional Marxism
05 Jul 2007
The SWP leadership has jumped on the 'stop climate change' bandwagon. But, argues Jack Conrad, if they want to be taken seriously the first thing for them to do is to reformulate their proposition one
More questions than answers
05 Jul 2007
The Alliance for Workers' Liberty minority must recognise the pro-imperialist logic of the majority's silence on the occupation of Iraq, argues Mark Fischer
What stage are we at?
28 Jun 2007
Steve Freeman assesses the CMP conference from the point of view of a halfway house advocate
Halfway debate
28 Jun 2007
Mary Godwin reports on the June 23 debate 'What kind of programme?', organised by the Campaign for a Marxist Party
Unity and opportunism
28 Jun 2007
The CPGB is not advocating building a Marxist party through a rotten deal with the current SWP and SPEW leaders, writes Peter Manson. Our call for unity is inseparable from the struggle for working class principle