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
Memoirs of a loyal oppositionist
29 Mar 2012
Rossana Rossanda (translated by Romy Clark Giuliani) The comrade from Milan Verso 2010, pp384,
Fur flies over Lenin
22 Mar 2012
What has the debate over 1912 got to do with current communist practice? James Turley answers the philistines
Occupational hazards
15 Mar 2012
As the St Paul's protest camp continues its transformation into a respectable pressure group with mainstream support, James Turley draws a few lessons
Expulsion and exclusion as war threat grows
08 Mar 2012
The SWP no longer controls Stop the War, writes Peter Manson, but its successors still practise SWP-style bureaucratism
Not our friend
08 Mar 2012
Cat Rylance's speech to the 2012 STWC conference on behalf of Communist Students
Silencing voices
08 Mar 2012
Workers Power is again embroiled in internal disputes. James Turley asks why it insists on hiding its internal differences
Doing their job
08 Mar 2012
Tina Becker's speech to the 2012 STWC conference on behalf of the CPGB
Stop the War Coalition: end exclusions
23 Feb 2012
Say no to the exclusions at the upcoming Stop The War Coalition conference
SUPPLEMENT: Falling out over a Cliff
16 Feb 2012
Was Lenin a lying manoeuvrer? Were the Bolsheviks a cult led by an all-knowing leader and staffed by narrow-minded minions? Lars T Lih joins in the debate over Tony Cliff's biography and debunks some myths held by both left and right
Realistic propaganda and cynical agitation
09 Feb 2012
Has the SWP learnt the lessons following the debacle of 'All out, stay out'? Laurie Smith investigates
Opposing imperialism does not mean supporting oppression
02 Feb 2012
Anti-war protest disrupted by attack on supporters of the Iranian green movement. Ben Lewis reports
Monti prepares for fresh attacks
02 Feb 2012
The nature of the Italian resistance to austerity has so far been contradictory, writes Toby Abse
Mangling the party of Lenin
02 Feb 2012
Opportunist twists and turns and the perversion of democratic centralism have characterised the Socialist Workers Party and the groups it has influenced, including the US International Socialist Organization. But where did these practices originate? Former ISO member Pham Binh examines the method employed by SWP founder Tony Cliff
Choose your conspiracy
02 Feb 2012
Dave Douglass reviews Robert Green's A thorn in their side: the Hilda Murrell murder Rata Books, 2011, pp208,
Overcoming despair
26 Jan 2012
Paul B Smith concludes his three-part article on the challenge of class-consciousness