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
Principle not diplomacy
24 Nov 2022
Mike Macnair explores the Mandelite ‘Fourth International’ and its commitment to fudge, concealing differences and upholding bland generalities in unity projects
Open polemics cauterise
17 Nov 2022
James Harvey reports on plans, problems and the need to openly thrash out principled differences
Rebuild on solid foundations
17 Nov 2022
Yassamine Mather celebrates the continuing mass protests, recognises their limitations, laments the parlous state of the left and urges unity around the basic principles upheld by Hopi
Memory wars
17 Nov 2022
In the last of three articles marking the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Jack Conrad looks at the differences between Lenin and the Old Bolsheviks in the spring of 1917
General election now?
10 Nov 2022
Much of the left is tailing Sir Keir and the liberal media in promoting the poison of presidentialism. Kevin Bean presents the republican alternative
Memory wars - Part II
10 Nov 2022
In the second of three articles marking the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Jack Conrad explores the rival parties, class blocs and the differences that separated Trotsky from Lenin
Ukraine and the ‘left’
03 Nov 2022
When on earth will the DSA and ‘the Squad’ come up with a principled position? Daniel Lazare reports on the dismal failings of the US ‘pwogs’
Memory wars - part I
03 Nov 2022
In the first of three articles marking the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Jack Conrad explains that Trotsky’s 1924 Lessons of October has been widely accepted as a right and proper account. Certainly, when it comes to the left, however, that orthodoxy needs to be overthrown as a matter of urgency
Tragedy second time too
03 Nov 2022
Yassamine Mather celebrates the current wave of mass protests, the youth, the bravery. However, lack of serious organisation, coordination and a strategic plan is a real problem that must be addressed
Follow the leader
27 Oct 2022
How did the original adherents of a fierce critic of capitalism end up praising rightwing nationalism? Paul Flewers gives the lowdown on a strange journey
Performative anti-fascism
27 Oct 2022
With the far-right Fratelli d’Italia forming a government in Italy, the SWP warns of the danger, but calls for … street protests. Mike Macnair offers a critique
Extreme opposition, not partners
20 Oct 2022
Treacherous calls for a Sinn Féin-led ‘left government’ should be ditched once and for all, urges Anne McShane
Something has to give
20 Oct 2022
Mahsa Amini’s killing at the hands of the morality police sparked protests in every province. The young, in particular female students and school students, refuse to be ruled in the old way. However, the Islamic regime seems determined to keep on using mass repression, fear and the cloak of religion, says Yassamine Mather
Right sets left’s agenda
13 Oct 2022
Victory for pale pink Lula would represent the defeat of Trump’s ally, Jair Bolsonaro, writes Eddie Ford - and therefore would be welcome news for Joe Biden
Uniting a motley band
13 Oct 2022
Andries Stroper reports on the first conference of a new socialist ‘party-in-formation’ and its prospects