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
Revolution and reforms
20 Sep 2019
Mike Macnair concludes his discussion of the US left’s Kautsky debate.
Containing our movement in ‘safe’ forms
12 Sep 2019
Mike Macnair continues his discussion of the US left’s Kautsky debate by considering the arguments of Eric Blanc.
Reputational self-harm
05 Sep 2019
Hammersmith and Fulham council is appealing against the employment tribunal’s decision that its dismissal of Stan Keable was ‘unfair’. Ed Kirby reports.
Spaces for left thinking
05 Sep 2019
Despite witch-hunting attempts, CU saw a full week of open and frank debate, reports Danny Hammill.
Organisation or ‘direct actionism’?
05 Sep 2019
Mike Macnair takes issue with Charlie Post over his critiques of Vivek Chibber and James Muldoon on strategy.
Climate change and system change
05 Sep 2019
Mainstream politicians, jetting royals, ‘progressive’ capitalists and their army of paid persuaders have no serious programme to avert runaway climate change. We on the Marxist left have. This article is based on a talk given to Communist University on August 18 by Jack Conrad.
Last lap
16 Aug 2019
Summer offensive 2019
Fabian or anarchist?
16 Aug 2019
Mike Macnair continues his critical discussion of the ‘Kautsky debate’ in the United States.
The two phases of communism
16 Aug 2019
Trying to explain Stalin’s counterrevolution within the revolution through literary exegesis is an obvious absurdity. Jack Conrad replies to Nick Rogers
Widening frame of debate
08 Aug 2019
Mike Macnair begins an examination of the ‘Kautsky debate’ that is taking place on the US left.
Liberal and illiberal delusions
02 Aug 2019
Mike Macnair argues that capitalism cannot escape from the battles of liberals and conservatives
Taaffe expels his majority
02 Aug 2019
Paul Demarty reports on the finalisation of the split in the Committee for a Workers’ International.
Taaffe counts his shekels
18 Jul 2019
The two sides in the CWI dispute are engaged in a tawdry wrangling over cash, writes Paul Demarty
Learn the lessons
12 Jul 2019
Rather than attempting to run capitalism, argues Peter Manson, in current circumstances we must aim to build Marxist parties of extreme opposition
Witch-hunt's biggest victim
12 Jul 2019
Chris Williamson has dared question the claim that Labour has become institutionally anti-Semitic under Jeremy Corbyn, writes Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists. Now he is likely to be expelled for this crime.