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
Amplify the voice
22 Oct 2020
Loes Muller reports on the first meeting of the Marxist opposition in the Socialist Party (Netherlands)
Historical muddle, theoretical overkill
22 Oct 2020
Continuing his response to Neil Faulkner, Mike Macnair rejects the myth of the ‘Zinovievist’ origin of democratic centralism
Zinoviev in Halle
15 Oct 2020
To mark the centenary of the pivotal Halle congress of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany on October 20 1920, Ben Lewis looks at the lead-up to and consequences of Grigory Zinoviev’s marathon four-hour speech
Heroes and sinners
15 Oct 2020
Mike Macnair argues that Neil Faulkner’s ‘great men’ approach to the party question is utterly useless
Programmeless liquidationism
08 Oct 2020
Neil Faulkner’s interpretation of Lenin is based on stunningly bad history, argues Mike Macnair
Up the CPGB Bolshies
01 Oct 2020
William Sarsfield concludes his series on the founding of the CPGB 100 years ago
High politics and the working class
01 Oct 2020
Neil Faulkner and Martin Thomas falsify the party question, albeit in different ways, argues Mike Macnair
Pathetic confusion
24 Sep 2020
SPEW’s approach to Labour combines classic sectarianism with run-of-the-mill reformism, writes Peter Manson
Building models for the future
24 Sep 2020
What is the relationship between democracy and socialism? Can bureaucracy and managerialism be overcome under present conditions? Levi Rafael replies to Mike Macnair
Place for all communists
24 Sep 2020
William Sarsfield continues his series on the founding of the CPGB 100 years ago
Birth of a tactic
24 Sep 2020
John Riddell spoke to Communist University 2020 about the struggle of communist parties to win over the majority of workers
Supporting the Labour Party
17 Sep 2020
William Sarsfield continues his series on the founding of the CPGB 100 years ago
‘All power for the workers!’
10 Sep 2020
William Sarsfield continues his series on the founding of the CPGB 100 years ago
Tall tales of 1912
10 Sep 2020
Stalin’s later version of the famous Prague conference of the RSDLP is a parody of his own views at the time, writes Lawrence Parker
Assessing Adolph Reed
04 Sep 2020
Jim Creegan looks at the thinking of the American left’s foremost anti-identitarian