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

Raising our sights

05 Sep 1996

Minimum wage: the fight for what we need

Dark moment in history

05 Sep 1996

review of Jesus Hernandez's How the NKVD framed the POUM (1996, pp27, £1)

Counterrevolution in the revolution

05 Sep 1996

The Spanish revolution and subsequent civil war, which erupted for real 60 years ago in July 1936, is the source of endless controversy. The defeat of the revolution generates an equal amount of anger and sadness. Everyone supported the Spanish revolution and hated Franco. Eddie Ford examines what went wrong

Socialism as therapy

05 Sep 1996

Around the left

In tune with the members

05 Sep 1996

The RMT transport union is currently in dispute with 20 train-operating companies. It has called further one-day strikes and an overtime ban at seven, while members at 13 others are being balloted for action. Alan Pottage is on the 12-strong national executive committee of the RMT, where he sits alongside six other members of the Socialist Labour Party. Peter Manson asked him about the role of the SLP in the disputes