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
Politics without the personal is non-politics
10 Sep 2015
Censuring the ‘bullying’ Weekly Worker for reporting events in Leeds is not what LU’s executive should be up to, says Micky Coulter
New foundations, new orientation
10 Sep 2015
Communist Platform has drafted the following motions, together with our code of conduct, disputes rules and equality policy. Comrades are urged to secure Left Unity branch support for them and our alternative constitution
Going into survival mode
10 Sep 2015
The weekend’s national council meeting failed to respond to the Corbyn challenge. Sarah McDonald reports
New generation of debate
03 Sep 2015
Last week Left Unity’s youth caucus has held its first day school. Daniel Harvey reports
Doing things differently or same old?
03 Sep 2015
Mike Macnair outlines the Communist Platform’s opposition to both word limits for motions and to a branch ballot to determine which should be prioritised at conference
A constitution fit for purpose
13 Aug 2015
The Communist Platform has agreed to submit an alternative constitution for Left Unity at the November 21-22 national conference, when a whole day has been put aside to discuss the question. The current constitution, widely regarded as being unfit for purpose, stretches to 6,000 words and the CP is proposing it should be replaced by this much shorter and more concise document
One shameful U-turn after another
13 Aug 2015
In the name of the ‘next stage of the revolution’, reports Yassamine Mather, the SWP and its co-thinkers are once again backing the Muslim Brotherhood
Socialism from below: a delusion
13 Aug 2015
We need to go far beyond slogans, urges Mike Macnair
Youth and students conference
13 Aug 2015
Callum Williamson reports on the progress of the Left Unity Youth and Student Caucus
Prioritise principle
06 Aug 2015
National council member Sarah McDonald points to two major problems concerning the November conference
No left turn
06 Aug 2015
Those who think the surrender of Alexis Tsipras will push Syriza further to the left are deluding themselves, says Daniel Harvey
Opposition in limbo
30 Jul 2015
The SACP grip over the workers’ movement remains strong, writes Peter Manson
Syriza and the left
30 Jul 2015
We need a real working class strategy, says Daniel Harvey
You can’t just sit and wait
30 Jul 2015
Critique editor Hillel Ticktin takes issue with the line of the Weekly Worker. He spoke to Mark Fischer
Sectarian anti-sectarianism
23 Jul 2015
The fallout from Greece and an attempt to boot out Workers Power have aroused passions in Yorkshire Left Unity. Mickey Coulter and Tina Becker report