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
Workers' movement: Bureaucratic ‘justice’ and dealing with sex assault cases
18 Apr 2013
How should the left deal with serious allegations made by one member against another? Mike Macnair looks at the limits of what is possible
Democratic centralism: Fortunes of a formula
11 Apr 2013
How did 'democratic centralism' become 'democratic centralism'? Lars T Lih looks at the changing use of the phrase by the Bolsheviks
BBC class survey: Old wine in new bottles
11 Apr 2013
Eddie Ford is not impressed by the BBCs great British class survey
Left unity appeal: Realise potential, avoid pitfalls
04 Apr 2013
The Left Unity appeal has gathered a promising level of support, but runs the risk of repeating past mistakes, argues Harley Filben
South African left: Attempt to go round already existing mass organisations
04 Apr 2013
Wasp might be able to sting the SACP/Cosatu bureaucracy. But, asks Peter Manson, can it become a mass party capable of leading a socialist revolution?
Anti-cuts movement: Frontism produces no lasting gains
04 Apr 2013
What can we expect from the Peoples Assembly? Dave Isaacson looks at the June 22 build-up
Learning and struggle: Stalinism, sectarianism and Marxist education
28 Mar 2013
There exists a dialectical relationship between deepening Marxist understanding and the fight for a Marxist party, argues Paul B Smith
The left: Loach makes his bid for unity
28 Mar 2013
Can anything positive arise from the SWP crisis? Peter Manson believes it can if we stick to our principles
SWP leadership crisis: If you don’t talk about it ...
21 Mar 2013
Peter Manson thinks that the SWP leadership needs to stop doing its ostrich impression
Student elections: Campaigning for communism
21 Mar 2013
Communist Students member Callum Williamson reports on his campaign during the Univeristy of Westminster Union student elections
Chávez obituary: Man, myth and legacy
14 Mar 2013
Nick Rogers looks at the Bolivarian revolution of Hugo Chávez
Anti-war anniversary: Party with all-round strategy needed
14 Mar 2013
Moshé Machover looks back at a decade of anti-war protest. This is an edited version of his speech to the March 9 Ten wasted years? school, organised by the CPGB
SPEW: Peter Taaffe and his own scandal
14 Mar 2013
Ben Lewis discusses SPEWs version of democratic centralism
SWP factions: Two errors of the opposition
14 Mar 2013
SWP lynchers were emboldened by a weak opposition, argues Eddie Ford
SWP special conference: Apparatus uses fair means and foul
14 Mar 2013
Peter Manson asks what can still be saved from the SWP