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
How not to organise
23 Apr 2015
LU’s unworkable constitution is to be revisited. Sarah McDonald reports on this and other decisions taken by the national council
Before the great betrayal of August
23 Apr 2015
Ralf Hoffrogge Sozialismus und Arbeiterbewegung in Deutschland: von den Anfängen bis 1914 Schmetterling Verlag, 2011, €10, pp216(1)
Lenin’s programme found vindication
23 Apr 2015
Jack Conrad argues that, far from being disproved by 1917, the established strategy of the Bolsheviks was continued and enriched
New era for Cuba?
16 Apr 2015
Will Havana embark on a Chinese road, asks Peter Manson
How not to arm ourselves
16 Apr 2015
Yassamine Mather looks at the problems resulting from the attempt to create ‘safe spaces’ in universities and student unions
April in Petrograd
16 Apr 2015
Is Lars T Lih a disinterested scholar without a political agenda? Jim Creegan argues against the creation of yet another mythical Lenin
Swept along by the moment
16 Apr 2015
In the name of cuddling up to the Greens, Socialist Resistance warns about the dangers of the ‘ultra-left’. Paul Demarty objects
Thinking the alternative pt. 2
16 Apr 2015
Peter Hudis Marx’s concept of the alternative to capitalism Haymarket, 2013, pp241 Michal Polak Class, surplus, and the division of labour Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 (Kindle edition)
Headlong into a trap
09 Apr 2015
After Socialist Resistance’s bungled intervention into transgender politics, Paul Demarty calls for serious debate - not trolling and trigger warnings
Split that need not have happened
09 Apr 2015
The criminal actions of the South African Communist Party have severely weakened Cosatu, writes Peter Manson
Thinking the alternative
09 Apr 2015
Should the movement have a final goal? Mike Macnair argues for the maximum programme
Youth and students get organised
02 Apr 2015
Callum Williamson reports on the successful founding conference of the new caucus
Left makes modest gains in internal elections
02 Apr 2015
All of the three main factions have something to celebrate, writes Peter Manson
A tale of two Alexes
26 Mar 2015
The Greek government is slowly retreating in the face of euro zone intransigence. But it may not be enough to stave off ‘Grexit’, argues Paul Demarty - not that that bothers some on the left
Antifa means air raid
26 Mar 2015
A leftwing book presentation in Leipzig was attacked by ‘antifa’ activists earlier this month. We spoke to the main speaker at the meeting, Susann Witt-Stahl