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
Left pessimism and Tony Benn
12 Jul 2012
Tony Benn and the SWP find surprising common ground, their (mis)understanding of the working class, reports Mark Fischer
Fringe 2012
12 Jul 2012
Jan Nolan reports from the CPGB fringe meetings at the SWP's Marxism Festival
Private SWP quarrels and public SWP gagging
12 Jul 2012
The main role of the annual Marxism festival seems to be making new recruits and attempting to buoy up the rank and file. Peter Manson reports
Help us take further steps forward - donate
05 Jul 2012
Mark Fischer reports on a solid first week for our annual fundraising drive and on an important political advance for our organisation
Taking membership seriously
05 Jul 2012
Michael Copestake reports on the debates at the CPGB weekend aggregate
Liquidationism and 'broad front' masks
28 Jun 2012
Mike Macnair recently addressed a CPGB aggregate on liquidationism and 'broad frontism'. Below is an edited version of his talk
A site to be proud of
28 Jun 2012
June 30 sees the launch of both the CPGB's Summer Offensive fundraising drive and our new website - Mark Fischer discusses the broader challenges of the next two months
Democratic centralism and idiocy of the sects
28 Jun 2012
Comrades need the space to develop and express their ideas, argues Jim Creegan. The wider the distance between a given question and the party's immediate objectives and tasks, the more latitude they should have to do so in public
Sinn Féin and the handshake
28 Jun 2012
Anne McShane reports on the latest step in the 'peace process'
Taking up extreme opposition
21 Jun 2012
The victory of the troika's patsies in the Greek elections should be met with determined class resistance - across Europe, argues Paul Demarty
Grigory Zinoviev at his best
21 Jun 2012
John Riddell reviews: Ben Lewis and Lars T Lih (eds), 'Zinoviev and Martov: head to head in Halle', November Publications, 2011, pp229,
A blunder of historic proportions
21 Jun 2012
Voting for the Muslim Brotherhood was a vote for a party of counterrevolution, not the revolution. Jack Conrad examines MB's origins, ideas and evolution
Strategy and freedom of criticism
14 Jun 2012
Mike Macnair continues his review of: Daniel Bensaïd, Alda Sousa, Alan Thornett and others, 'New parties of the left: experiences from Europe', London 2011, pp202, £7
Be careful what you wish for
14 Jun 2012
As the next Greek elections loom, Paul Demarty takes a look at the lines being taken by the left and the current controversy in the SWP
Bolshevism and revolutionary social democracy
07 Jun 2012
Lars T Lih completes his series of articles on Lenin's view of the party question by examining the context in 1920 of 'Leftwing' communism