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
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
The Fourth International and failed perspectives
07 Jun 2012
Mike Macnair reviews: Daniel Bensaïd, Alda Sousa, Alan Thornett and others, 'New parties of the left: experiences from Europe', London 2011, pp202, £7
Broad fronts and liquidationism
31 May 2012
CPGB members have been discussing the Anti-Capitalist Initiative and the role of Communist Students. Peter Manson reports
Rewriting the past
31 May 2012
Lawerence Parker reviews: Roger Seifert and Tom Sibley Revolutionary communist at work: a political biography of Bert Ramelson Lawrence and Wishart, 2012, pp414,
How to learn nothing
31 May 2012
The emergence of a programme from the Occupy movement has caused a flurry of debate on the ACI website, Paul Demarty decides to join in
Syriza in the spotlight
24 May 2012
For a long time it was almost unknown outside Greece - but now the world's eyes are on Syriza. Paul Demarty examines the new thorn in the troika's side
Split looming in Die Linke
24 May 2012
The success of the gimmicky Piratenpartei has strengthened the right within the German Left Party, says Tina Becker
The fall of an icon
24 May 2012
David Douglass reviews Gregor Gall's 'Tommy Sheridan, from hero to zero: a political biography', Welsh Academic Press, 2012, pp384,
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
How Lenin's party became (Bolshevik)
17 May 2012
Did Lenin seek to exclude Mensheviks from Russia's revolutionary organisation in order to forge a 'party of a new type'? Lars T Lih looks at the reality
Small rooms and the politics of dishonesty
17 May 2012
The Anti-Capitalist Initiative represents a further liquidationist retreat, writes Peter Manson
Electors in France and Greece strike a blow against austerity
10 May 2012
But, writes Eddie Ford, the call must be to resist the temptation of office. The working class ought to constitute itself as a party of extreme opposition until it is ready to carry out its full programme