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
Liquidationism: End of the road
12 Dec 2013
The Anti-Capitalist Initiative is about to fold. Meanwhile the International Socialist Network looks set to splinter. Harley Filben explores the politics of the marsh
Cops, lefts and anarchos on campus
12 Dec 2013
Last week saw an outbreak of student protest. Daniel Harvey reports
Plans for the hard left
12 Dec 2013
Jack Conrad outlines the thinking of the CPGBs Provisional Central Committee
Stuart Hall: Left’s great ‘moving right’ show
05 Dec 2013
Daniel Harvey reviews: Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey, Michael Rustin (eds) 'After neoliberalism? The Kilburn manifesto', Soundings, 2013
Left Unity: Establishing freedom to criticise
05 Dec 2013
Paul Demarty looks at the constitutional fallout for Left Unity post-conference
In praise of the Communist Platform
05 Dec 2013
Text of Jack Conrad's contribution to the Platform debate at Left Unity's conference
Left Unity: Making a safe space for left ideas
05 Dec 2013
Peter Manson reports on the official founding of the latest unity project
Supplement: Left Unity’s contradictory aspirations
28 Nov 2013
A wide-ranging strategic debate has erupted on the left, Mike Macnair conducts a critical examination
SWP: Another split looms
28 Nov 2013
The leadership refuses to accept that there is any truth in opposition criticisms. Peter Manson reviews this years final Pre-conference Bulletin
Left Unity: How to vote at conference
28 Nov 2013
CPGB Provisional Central Committee recommendations
Lukács: The philosophy trap
21 Nov 2013
György Lukács provided the theoretical overkill for the bureaucratic centralism of groups like the SWP, argues Mike Macnair
Die Linke: Courtship with an eye on 2017
21 Nov 2013
The latest developments in German politics should serve as a reality check for the broad party advocates in this country, argues Ben Lewis
Russell Brand: Hippies, clowns and technocrats
14 Nov 2013
The effect of the Russell Brand interview highlights the fragility of bourgeois politics, writes Harley Filben
Occupy: Caught in the headlights
14 Nov 2013
Daniel Harvey reviews: Mark Bray, 'Translating anarchy: the anarchism of Occupy Wall Street'. Zero Books, 2013, pp342, £15.99
Debate: Inspiring view of future society
14 Nov 2013
Is the distinction between socialism and communism necessarily Stalinist? Mike Macnair replies to Nick Rogers