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
SUPPLEMENT: The antinomies of Georg Lukács
24 Jan 2013
Though his key texts languished in obscurity for half a century, Georg Lukács re-emerged in the late 20th century with a reputation as one of the great Marxist thinkers. Leading members of the Socialist Workers Party eagerly declared themselves amongst his disciples. However, James Turley argues that his work constitutes an obstacle to revolutionary politics
SWP: No return to normal
24 Jan 2013
The fight for democracy and accountability in the SWP is gaining ground, reports Ben Lewis
Nature and Programme: Wealth of nature and counterfeit Marxism
24 Jan 2013
Why does SWP Online insist on carrying anti-Marxist nonsense? Jack Conrad shows why root-and-branch change is long overdue
ACI Hardy & Cooper: Beyond ‘anti-capitalism’
24 Jan 2013
Harley Filben reviews: Luke Cooper and Simon Hardy, 'Beyond capitalism? The future of radical politics'. Zero Books, 2013, pp174, £11.99
SWP opposition: Seymour in Greece
24 Jan 2013
He may have been propelled to the vanguard of the SWP opposition - but it is not immediately clear what Richard Seymours politics actually are. Paul Demarty looks for clues
SUPPLEMENT: Origins of the crisis in the SWP - part two
17 Jan 2013
Third-period Blairism and the necessity of demystifying Bolshevism
Sexism: Macho culture and the lessons we can learn from the Middle East
17 Jan 2013
How should sexism be combated? Yassamine Mather compares the situation in Britain with the practice of two guerrilla organisations
SWP: Another week, another resignation
17 Jan 2013
Jon Hosier explains why he has chosen to resign from the SWP
SWP and women: Countless zigs and zags over women’s oppression
17 Jan 2013
The central committee claims that the SWP has a consistent record of fighting for womens liberation. Former national committee member Dave Isaacson sheds light on the not so excellent truth
The left: Rebellion, regroupment and the party we need
17 Jan 2013
Ben Lewis surveys the British lefts response to the crisis gripping the SWP, and calls for a radical change of culture
Opposition blog?: Doubts exist over authenticity
17 Jan 2013
The Weekly Worker is publishing a statement from the new 'SWP Opposition' blog, but doubts over the blogs authenticity remain, reports Peter Manson
SWP crisis: Opposition emboldened as demand for recall grows
17 Jan 2013
The leadership can no longer lead - but a positive outcome to the crisis requires more than the removal of the entire CC, argues Paul Demarty
SUPPLEMENT: Origins of the crisis in the SWP - part one
10 Jan 2013
The Soviet Union question
USSR polemic: In defence of defencism
10 Jan 2013
The Soviet Union did indeed feature a form a form of planning, argues Jim Creegan in his reply to Paul Flewers
SWP's Tom Walker: Why I am resigning
10 Jan 2013
Tom Walker, (now former) Socialist Worker journalist, argues that the time has come to leave the SWP