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
Transparency is a principle
25 Sep 2014
Demanding ‘confidentiality’ when it comes to internal disputes makes us look like a combination of Little Stalins and the Life of Brian, argues Mike Macnair
Recalling the nine days
18 Sep 2014
A commitment to official union structures, and an inability to grasp the potential of organisations created by workers in struggle meant the miner's strike was a test most of the left failed, says Mark Fischer
No place for anti-Semitism
18 Sep 2014
A Communist Platform member has been shown the door. Peter Manson reports
Compromise is the losing option
18 Sep 2014
Controversy over the ban on abortion has erupted once again, reports Anne McShane
Parvus: for German victory
11 Sep 2014
New translations shed light on the thinking of socialists who ended up supporting 'their' side in WWI. Mike Macnair introduces a second Parvus article
Morning Star: Nothing to see here
14 Aug 2014
A journalist’s angry resignation has been followed immediately by the departure of its editor and company secretary. Paul Demarty doesn’t believe in coincidences
Gaza demo: Don't let it go to waste
14 Aug 2014
The latest march in solidarity with the Palestinians was both big and open to ideas; but the old hands of the anti-war movement had little perspective to offer. Peter Manson reports
Black square and full circle
07 Aug 2014
Malevich exhibition, Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1, £13.10 (ends October 26)
Can commerce be ethical?
07 Aug 2014
Ndongo Samba Sylla The fair trade scandal: marketing poverty to benefit the rich Pluto Press, pp208, £16
While the NUM waged war ...
07 Aug 2014
Mark Fischer introduces another Leninist reprint, this time on the fight against liquidationist tendencies in the CPGB
One hundred years of counterrevolution
07 Aug 2014
1914-18 and subsequent wars have played an important role in subduing the working class, writes Mark Kosman
Daniel Bensaïd: Repeated disappointments
31 Jul 2014
Daniel Bensaïd An impatient life: a memoir (translated by David Fernbach, introduced by Tariq Ali) Verso 2013, pp384, £24.99 (£11.77 paperback, £9.69 Kindle)
AWL: Giving advice to warmongers
31 Jul 2014
Charles Gradnitzer examines how the social imperialists have responded to the latest Israeli assault on Gaza
National socialist illusions
24 Jul 2014
Labour’s plans for the part-nationalisation of the rail network have caused confusion over at the Morning Star, writes Peter Manson
The Bolsheviks’ success and the ‘revolutionary’ fear of electoralism
24 Jul 2014
Mike Macnair reviews two books by August Nimtz in the context of the left's fear of politics