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
LRC: Left in the dark
04 Jul 2013
There are rumours flying around about goings-on at the top of the Labour Representation Committee, the left-Labour umbrella group. Harley Filben peers into an atmosphere of secrecy...
AWL school: Missing the point
27 Jun 2013
Paul Demarty shares some brief thoughts on a session dedicated to debating the IS/SWP and its history
AWL school: Economism and frontist delusions
27 Jun 2013
Mike Macnair was at the Ideas for Freedom school to listen, to learn and to debate
People's Assembly: John Rees and the fragile politics of broadness
27 Jun 2013
Peter Manson reports on the launch of John Reess united front against austerity
Broad parties: Theories of deception
20 Jun 2013
The extent to which we practise transparency and democracy determines whether we can be taken seriously, argues Mike Macnair
Left Unity: Policy put on hold
20 Jun 2013
Dave Isaacson (Milton Keynes LU) and Michael Copestake (Sheffield LU) report from Left Unitys first national coordinating group meeting
People's Assembly: A rough guide
20 Jun 2013
Who is behind the launch of the Peoples Assembly? What are the aims and methods? Peter Manson looks at the personalities, politics and possibilities
Opportunities to grasp
13 Jun 2013
As the CPGB begins its annual Summer Offensive, national organiser Mark Fischer examines the state of the party and the wider left
SWP crisis: Offering token concessions
13 Jun 2013
As the crisis rumbles on, the SWP leadership admits it has gone through an extremely bruising period. Peter Manson reports on the central committees perspectives
Lessons of May 68
06 Jun 2013
Would there have been a revolution but for the betrayal of the official leadership in France? This is an edited version of a talk given by Mike Macnair at a recent London Communist Forum
To get out of the gutter, begin by looking up at the stars
06 Jun 2013
Should the left aim for a non-socialist stage of capitalism? A stage acceptable to Stalinites, trade union bureaucrats and left reformists? Ben Lewis responds to Tim Nelson of the International Socialist Network
What kind of party?: Illusion is the first of all pleasures
30 May 2013
Tim Nelson of the International Socialist Network calls for a broad party in which Marxists fight to build a revolutionary movement from the bottom up
SWP: In decay and in denial
30 May 2013
Peter Manson contrasts the speakers lists for Marxism 2013 and Counterfire
Anti-sectarianism, Polish style
23 May 2013
Maciej Zurowski interviews comrades from a Polish Marxist tendency, and finds parallels with left thinking in the UK
Dissecting the Platypus
23 May 2013
Where does hosting the conversation on the death of the left start and the actual opinions of the leadership begin? Corey Ansel looks at the enigma of the US-based Platypus Affiliated Society