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
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
ISN: Not waving, but dying
24 Jul 2014
All the hype has come to nought, says Daniel Harvey
Scotland: Exeunt, stage left?
24 Jul 2014
Would an independent Scotland provide a radical impetus for socialism? Chris Gray examines the claims
Socialism and bear-baiting
17 Jul 2014
Socialist Worker’s gloating over Horatio Chapple’s death is crass and cruel, writes Paul Demarty. But it is also a product of political weaknesses
Bourgeois or capitalist?
17 Jul 2014
Marc Mulholland Bourgeois liberty and the politics of fear Oxford University Press, pp400, £37 (£9.25 direct)
Enough bluster and bullshit
17 Jul 2014
Last week saw a major strike of public-sector workers. Daniel Harvey looks at the aftermath
SWP: 'Delta force' still in denial
17 Jul 2014
‘The party’ had been on the right track all along, according to its leadership, and is now in fine health. Peter Manson reports on this year’s Marxism festival
Treating people like toy soldiers results in frivolous politics
11 Jul 2014
Alex Callinicos is trying to talk about strategy and patience, but his tongue is tied by his organisation’s disastrous errors, argues Paul Demarty
ANC hold on unions weakens
11 Jul 2014
The metalworkers are seeking to emulate the success of the platinum strikers, writes Peter Manson
Bolshevism was not a safe space for opportunism
03 Jul 2014
Political differences need to be expressed in honest, frank and where necessary colourful language. Mark Fischer argues that the past has many important lessons for Left Unity
Confidentiality is a bosses’ tool
26 Jun 2014
Left Unity should not deal with internal disputes through setting up secret trials, argues Paul Demarty
World War I: SPD left's dirty secret
26 Jun 2014
Ben Lewis discusses a largely forgotten and ignominious chapter in the history of the German workers’ movement