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
High on rhetoric, low on solutions
20 Jul 2006
Tina Becker reports on the Stop the War Coalition's July 17 conference on the situation in the Middle East
SWP apologetics for reactionary anti-imperialism
20 Jul 2006
Eddie Ford comments on Socialist Worker's recent coverage of the unfolding situation in Somalia
Soldier of the legion of the rear guard
20 Jul 2006
Liam O Ruairc reviews Robert W White's Ruairi à Brádaigh: the life and politics of an Irish revolutionary, Indiana 2006, pp412, £18.99
Defending national socialism is not Marxism
20 Jul 2006
Jack Conrad begins an extensive reply to Bob Goupillot with an examination of the principle of 'one state, one party' and its history
Different roads to unity
20 Jul 2006
Should 'one state, one party' be applied to Britain in current political circumstances? Bob Goupillot of the Republican Communist Network (Scotland) and the Scottish Socialist Party argues that the unity of the working class can at present best be served by a separate party for Scotland
Reports from Marxism meetings
13 Jul 2006
Friend or foe?
Reports from Marxism meetings
13 Jul 2006
'Muslims and the left today'
Reports from Marxism meetings
13 Jul 2006
'The fight for gay liberation in the Middle East'
The real resistance
13 Jul 2006
Popular opposition to anti-semitism saved thousands of Jews under Nazi occupation, writes Tony Greenstein in this concluding article - despite rather than because of Zionism
Reports from Marxism meetings
13 Jul 2006
Facing two ways on a woman's right to choose
Reports from Marxism meetings
13 Jul 2006
For Muslim Brotherhood
Dump sect culture
13 Jul 2006
The largest left group in Australia, Democratic Socialist Perspective, has just suffered a split. In this Labor Tribune article Marcus Ström calls for open debate and disciplined unity, not conspiratorial intrigue
Fight where Marxists are
13 Jul 2006
The organisation of a conference by the Critique group to campaign for a new Marxist party is welcome, writes Mike Macnair. But how far it will get is problematic
Iranian left protests against apologetics
13 Jul 2006
Like the Socialist Workers Party, Monthly Review in the United States has toned down its opposition to the Iranian regime. Iranian socialists have issued this open letter in protest at its coverage of the June 12 women's demonstration in Tehran
Opportunism and hype
13 Jul 2006
The Socialist Workers' Party's annual Marxism school marked another step along the popular front road. Peter Manson, Anne Mc Shane and Phil Kent report