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 Marxist philosopher
05 Oct 2017
Hillel Ticktin remembers István Mészáros, December 19 1930 - October 1 2017
Taking elections seriously
05 Oct 2017
In his second talk at the Labour Party Marxists’ and CPGB’s Communist University, August H Nimtz looked at Lenin’s approach to the tsar’s first two dumas
Heading for chaos
28 Sep 2017
Yassamine Mather looks at the reaction to the independence referendum
Stuffed parrots and Momentum texts
28 Sep 2017
There was a joyous, even jubilant mood, but the decision-making was opaque, writes first-time delegate Gerry Green
Humpty Dumpty and ‘anti-Semitism’
21 Sep 2017
The Jewish Labour Movement claims its rule change has been adopted by the Labour Party NEC, Kat Gugino, of Labour Party Marxists, begs to differ
Bringing Marx and Engels into the picture
21 Sep 2017
Continuity was the link between Marxism’s founders and 1917 Russia, argues August Nimtz, in the first of three talks he gave to the CPGB’s Communist University
In the footsteps of Lenin
21 Sep 2017
The official CPGB’s leading theoretician, Rajani Palme Dutt, followed the example of Lenin when assessing the reputation of Karl Kautsky, writes Lawrence Parker
Keep up the pressure
21 Sep 2017
Labour’s NEC has opened the door for much-needed change - now the left needs to take advantage of that opening, says Carla Roberts
Rearming the April theses
14 Sep 2017
With the help of some new insights, Rex Dunn argues that Lars T Lih’s continuity theory does not stand up, despite the new evidence he has uncovered
Where next for the ANC?
14 Sep 2017
Are there hopeful signs amidst the poverty and corruption? South African socialist, author and journalist Terry Bell addressed a London Communist Forum on September 10
Nationalism and imperial power
14 Sep 2017
The Kurdish independence referendum is not a welcome development, writes Yassamine Mather
Don’t abandon Palestinian cause
07 Sep 2017
The National Policy Forum wants to end Labour’s opposition to the occupation, writes Tony Greenstein
Left wing of the permissible
07 Sep 2017
As the Democratic Socialists of America begin to make an impact, Jim Creegan analyses the politics of its founder, Michael Harrington
Possibilities and challenges
07 Sep 2017
Are Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn and Marine Le Pen from the same mould? Kevin Bean completes his analysis
Apologists for mass murder
07 Sep 2017
The Morning Star is still in denial about the Marikana massacre, writes Peter Manson