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
The 'new era of war and revolution'
10 Apr 2014
Did the outbreak of World War I cause Lenin to break with the ‘Marxism of the Second International’? In this extract from his contribution to a book to be published later this year, Lars T Lih argues that the opposite was the case
SWP: Sign of the times
04 Apr 2014
What’s wrong with ‘paraphernalia’, asks Tom Munday
Left Unity: 'Moderate' party takes shape
04 Apr 2014
The new formation has adopted its first policies. Peter Manson reports on the LU conference
The new moral panic
27 Mar 2014
Charles Gradnitzer looks at the most recent move to further ostracise the SWP
Less haste, more politics
27 Mar 2014
Mark Fischer reports on the meeting of Left Unity's leadership, where LU's labyrinthine constitution has been wreaking havoc
Communist Platform: Preparing for conference
27 Mar 2014
Peter Manson reports on the national meeting of Left Unity's Communist Platform
Left Unity: How to vote on March 29
27 Mar 2014
Mike Macnair outlines the recommendations of the Communist Platform
Miners review: Inspirational collection
20 Mar 2014
Martin Jenkinson, Mark Metcalf, Mark Harvey Images of the past: the miners’ strike Pen and Sword Books, pp216, £14.99
Keep it broad, keep it safe
20 Mar 2014
Peter Manson reports on the first national conference of the ‘united front against austerity’
Tony Benn: The moderate extremist
20 Mar 2014
Paul Demarty examines the legacy of a tireless champion of the Labour left
Don’t trust Maduro
13 Mar 2014
There is a danger that the Chávista regime will arrive at a compromise with the right, warns Daniel Harvey
Three cardinal sins of opportunism
13 Mar 2014
A reprint from the April 1984 edition of The Leninist, forerunner of the WW
Rival politics of the miners’ strike
13 Mar 2014
Mark Fischer introduces another blast from the past
Debate: Not a matter of style
13 Mar 2014
CPGB interventions are marred by a serious theoretical flaw, argues Ian Donovan
Indecision and irrationality
13 Mar 2014
March 29 is very likely to be just as frustrating as the November founding conference, writes Mike Macnair