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
Against war, for workers' rights
04 May 2006
Yassamine Mather reports on Iranian workers taking to the streets on May Day
What we need
04 May 2006
For the first time in many years there was actually some kind of showing from the trade unions on the London May Day march. Alan Fox reports
Minimal wage
04 May 2006
The WASG and the L.PDS have launched a campaign for a legal minimum wage in Germany - but 8 an hour is not enough
Ben Lewis
04 May 2006
CPGB comrade Ben Lewis stood as a candidate in the elections for the six vacant posts on the WASG national executive
Tactics and principle
04 May 2006
Tina Becker spoke to Sascha Stanicic, spokesperson of the Socialist Party's sister organisation in Germany, Sozialistische Alternative (SAV), about the thorny question of Berlin and the opposition in the WASG
German CWI blocs with right
04 May 2006
It became clear over the weekend that Sozialistische Alternative (SAV), the German section of the Socialist Party's Committee for a Workers' International, has manoeuvred itself into an untenable position over Berlin
Berlin haunts proceedings
04 May 2006
Tina Becker and Ben Lewis report from the April 29-30 conference of the Wahlalternative Arbeit und Soziale Gerechtigkeit (WASG) in Ludwigshafen. Intended to smooth the way for unity with the Linkspartei.PDS, it was marked by discontent, threats and the profound disorientation of the left opposition
Populism at large
27 Apr 2006
The April 25 Tower Hamlets hustings for local election candidates, organised by the Islamic Society of Britain (ISB), was a highly charged affair. Huw Bynon reports
Communist strategy and the party form
27 Apr 2006
Mike Macnair examines the Leninist 'party of a new type' and disentangles its advantages and shortcomings from the necessity of splitting from the Second International
Revolution at the roof of the world
27 Apr 2006
Communists and democrats throughout the world have been inspired by the determined struggles of the masses in Nepal, writes Eddie Ford
ESF Athens, May 4-7 2006 :: Dangers of disintegration
27 Apr 2006
The European Social Forum is in real danger. All democrats and communists must work hard to prevent the whole thing simply falling apart. Despite our many criticisms, the ESF is currently the only real vehicle that exists for the cooperation of the European left, says Tina Becker
Vote Socialist Party, but...
27 Apr 2006
Despite the chasm between its revolutionist theory and reformist practice, Ian Mahoney calls for a critical vote for the SP in the May 4 local elections in England and Wales
Difficult birth pangs
20 Apr 2006
April 29-30 will see conferences of WASG and the Linkspartei.PDS. Both are crucial for the working class in Germany. The formation of a fused party will be at the core of proceedings. Ben Lewis reports from Germany
War and revolutionary strategy
20 Apr 2006
Mike Macnair puts the record straight on Lenin's call for defeatism and insists on the necessity of the left taking the democratic question of arms seriously
'Reformism from above'?
20 Apr 2006
Anne Mc Shane compares Respect's election materials to Socialist Worker's 'What the Socialist Workers Party stands for' column