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
A strange amalgam
08 Jul 2021
In light of George Galloway’s strong showing in Batley and Spen, Paul Demarty asks if his new organisation has any kind of serious future
Loyal foot soldiers
08 Jul 2021
The CPGB-ML siding with George Galloway over voting for the Brexit Party laid the ground for founding the Workers Party of Britain in December 2019. But Lawrence Parker expects the romance to prove fleeting
Politics not as usual
08 Jul 2021
After Batley and Spen, Derek James reports on debates over Labour’s prospects and amending our programme
What Mao began
01 Jul 2021
Now celebrating its centenary, the Communist Party of China presides over a strange hybrid social formation. Eddie Ford looks at its evolution
A meeting of two halves
01 Jul 2021
We are a campaign for free speech: good. But we are not a Labour campaign: bad. Derek James of Labour Party Marxists reports
George’s modest flutter
01 Jul 2021
The return of the British left’s most eccentric celebrity has provided an interesting twist - but can he succeed? Paul Demarty looks at the Batley and Spen by-election
Build on solid foundations
24 Jun 2021
Socialists need a programme, but not just any old programme. Donald Parkinson of Cosmonaut magazine and the Marxist Unity Slate in the Democratic Socialists of America sets out the history and great advantages of the minimum-maximum programme
Fascism needs definition
17 Jun 2021
Marxism strives for clarity and telling the truth. Jack Conrad replies to Hasan Keser and Daniel Lazare
Texas and the F-word
10 Jun 2021
Can fascism be established in the absence of a working class threat? Daniel Lazare believes it is possible
Another Venezuela?
10 Jun 2021
Ruling class fears about the new Peruvian president are very likely misplaced, writes Michael Roberts
Story built on lies
03 Jun 2021
David Douglass reviews 'Thatcher vs the miners: the battle for Britain', produced by Harry Bell and Brendan Hughes and broadcast on Channel 5
Centrality of class
03 Jun 2021
Mike Macnair replies to Foppe de Haan and Catherine Liu on the analysis of history and meritocracy
Appeals of class society
20 May 2021
We need to understand what makes the exploited actually defend the system that oppresses them, argues Foppe de Haan
Wages of tailism
20 May 2021
Unlike others on the left, the SWP at least tries to draw lessons from the failure of Spain’s Podemos. The problem is, Paul Demarty explains, the lessons it draws are hopelessly wrong
Theatre of revolution
20 May 2021
While the March on Rome was significant, writes David Broder, the active collaboration of the Italian ruling class with the fascists was central