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 question of Polish coal
26 Jun 2014
Mark Fischer introduces another 'The Leninist' reprint from the time of the Miner's great strike
People's Assembly: A prelude for July 10
26 Jun 2014
Saturday's protest was a small success for the PA, reports Simon Wells
Where next for People's Assembly?
19 Jun 2014
More than lowest common denominator politics is needed to challenge austerity, argues Peter Manson
Trying to earn a bit of popularity
19 Jun 2014
What is the role of Unite Against Fascism now that the SWP is prioritising Stand Up to Ukip? Daniel Harvey investigates
‘Speaking bitterness’ and Left Unity
19 Jun 2014
The precursor of ‘safe spaces’ was unsuccessful and destructive in past movements of the oppressed, writes Mike Macnair
Left Unity: A matter of political health
19 Jun 2014
Unity requires freedom to criticise, argues Paul Demarty
Left Unity: Freedom to criticise must be defended
19 Jun 2014
Laurie McCauley reports on his suspension from Manchester branch
Free speech: The permitted shades of grey
19 Jun 2014
Karl Marx stood for free speech, in the tradition of the first amendment to the US constitution, writes Eddie Ford
A leading rank-and-filer
12 Jun 2014
Paul Frölich Im radikalen Lager: Politische Autobiographie 1890-1921 (1938) €29.80, pp416, edited by Reiner Tosstorf, Berlin 2013
Against bad things
12 Jun 2014
Richard Seymour Against austerity: How we can fix the crisis they made? Pluto Press, 2014, pp198, £11.50
Condition of the working class movement
12 Jun 2014
Torab Saleth of Hands Off the People of Iran assesses the strengths and weaknesses
Leadership meets at last
12 Jun 2014
Yassamine Mather reports on the first meeting of the LU national council
Playing a fool's game
12 Jun 2014
The ‘common sense’ consensus on migration stretches from Ukip and the Tories to the CPB and SPEW, writes Peter Manson
Dispelling delusions of easy success
05 Jun 2014
Last weekend’s Communist Platform meeting discussed electoral strategy and tactics. Peter Manson reports
The Peter principle
05 Jun 2014
It is past time for SPEW members to start questioning the strategic acumen of their leadership, argues Paul Demarty