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
Socialist Party: Unity of the left can wait
08 Nov 2012
No it cannot, says Peter Manson
Socialist Party: A friendly, successful but programmatically adrift event
08 Nov 2012
Mark Fischer gives his impression of Socialism 2012
SWP conference: An anatomical investigation
08 Nov 2012
A minority of SWP comrades are taking advantage of their right to put their views before the membership once a year. Peter Manson reviews the latest Pre-conference Bulletin
Mark Fisher: Not failing better, but fighting to win
01 Nov 2012
Is there no alternative? Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist realism, criticises neo-anarchism and outlines his perspectives
ULA Ireland: Sectarian self-annihilation
25 Oct 2012
The United Left Alliance has gone into destruct mode. Anne Mc Shane reports
Rifondazione Comunista: Failed refoundation
18 Oct 2012
Toby Abse reviews: Salvatore Cannavo, 'La Rifondazione mancata, 1991-2008: una storia del PRC Edizioni Alegre', Rome 2009, pp223, 14
General strike: Rebuild the movement
18 Oct 2012
The call for a general strike to bring down the government is out of place, writes Mike Macnair
SWP: Annual show of ‘democracy’
11 Oct 2012
This years first Internal Bulletin is a CC dominated token effort at democratic debate. Will this change, wonders Peter Manson?
The Left: There’s no success like failure
11 Oct 2012
Tony Greenstein bemoans the continuing self-marginalisation of Britains far left
TUSC: For a new, united socialist party
04 Oct 2012
Nick Wrack and Will McMahon plead with the SWP and SPEW to take Tusc seriously
Overcoming a false dichotomy
27 Sep 2012
Where does the general election leave the Netherlands? Piet Potlood looks at the contending forces and points to the weakness of the left
New chapter in human liberation
27 Sep 2012
Andrew Coates reviews: Revolutionary History Vol 16, No4: Ian Birchall (guest editor) European revolutionaries and Algerian independence 1954-1962
Nationalism from another angle
27 Sep 2012
Esen Uslu completes his review of the Turkish lefts attitude to the Kurdish question by considering two leftwing thinkers
Why the ship won’t sail
27 Sep 2012
Peter Manson reports on the misplaced efforts to talk up the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
The HDK enigma
20 Sep 2012
Esen Uslu continues his exploration of the Kurdish question by pointing to the ambiguities in the HDKs democratic autonomy