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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

Democracy for the millions, not the millionaires

16 Mar 2006

The CNWP must aim for an SSP-type party, writes Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group

Galloway on the airwaves

16 Mar 2006

Carey Davies reports on Talk Sport's newest presenter

'Marxists' for another Labour Party

16 Mar 2006

The March 19 launch of the Socialist Party's Campaign for a New Workers' Party went according to plan, writes Peter Manson. The 450 comrades who signed up to its founding declaration overwhelmingly voted for the SP's plans for a Labour Party mark two.

MDC split offers opportunity for left

09 Mar 2006

Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, has formally split. The MDC was originally set up by trade union leaders, including former Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions president Morgan Tsvangirai, but was soon taken over by pro-imperialist elements. Former MDC MP Munyaradzi Gwisai, a leading figure in the Socialist Workers Party's sister grouping, the International Socialist Organisation, assesses the current situation

Charter of platitudes

09 Mar 2006

The Friday before the EPA saw meetings of the 10 or so ESF networks. Potentially the most important is the one that is has been drafting the 'Charter of principles for another Europe'

Fight for a Marxist party

09 Mar 2006

The Socialist Party's campaign for a new workers' party must be put on firm Marxist foundations, says Ian Mahoney

Money launderers, political corruption, minor celebrities and our antidotes

09 Mar 2006

Eddie Ford comments on the furore around Tessa Jowell and George Galloway's reinvention as a radio host

Approaching crisis point

09 Mar 2006

The European Social Forum is in real danger of disintegrating. All democrats and communists must work hard to prevent this. Despite our many criticisms of the process, it is currently the only real avenue that exists for the cooperation of the European left. Tina Becker and Ben Lewis report from the latest preparatory meeting in Frankfurt, which took place from March 3-5

McCombes strategy provokes reaction

09 Mar 2006

Sandy McBurney, a member of the SSP's Workers Unity platform, gives his assessment of the weekend

Left nationalists at the crossroads

09 Mar 2006

A much divided Scottish Socialist Party held its annual conference in Dundee on March 4-5. Nick Rogers was there

Shades of Stalinism

02 Mar 2006

It is impossible not to observe a distinct taint of Stalinism in the reaction of the Socialist Workers Party to the recent controversy over the Danish cartoons, writes Lawrence Parker. This raises an ominous question mark over the SWP's ability to constructively engage with cultural production

Allying with the nationalists

02 Mar 2006

Nick Rogers looks at the key issue before this weekend's SSP annual conference

How many more careerists?

02 Mar 2006

In Tower Hamlets, a prospective local elections candidate has resigned from Respect. Peter Manson reports

Britain's drystone wall

02 Mar 2006

Can the British constitution be reformed? Not without mass political action by the working class, argues Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group

Revolutionary strategy and Marxist conclusions

23 Feb 2006

In the second in a series of articles, Mike Macnair continues his examination of right-moving Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire theorists and the response of the SWP's Alex Callinicos

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