The left > Socialist Party in England and Wales
Following the national road
12 Oct 2023
Defeat for the SNP in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election is probably a foretaste of what will happen in the general election, yet much of the left still clings to petty nationalism. Mike Macnair offers a radical alternative
Labour and Lubner’s millions
08 Jun 2023
Starmer’s new megadonor threatens to outweigh the influence of the unions, argues Paul Demarty
Look in the mirror
19 Jan 2023
They continue to denounce sexism in state institutions without confronting their own history. Paul Demarty calls for some self-criticism
Much ado about nothing?
22 Sep 2022
Eddie Ford surveys leftwing coverage of the death, mass outpouring and funeral of Elizabeth Windsor, and finds some more lacking than others
One foot in the grave
21 Jul 2022
RMT’s withdrawal from Tusc was understandable, especially given the consistently dismal electoral performance. But, argues, Paul Demarty, this leaves SPEW, the mothership, in profound crisis too
Talking loud, saying nothing
26 May 2022
Paul Demarty checks in on the congress of the Socialist Party in England and Wales - a decision-making body apparently without decisions to make
Pathetic confusion
24 Sep 2020
SPEW’s approach to Labour combines classic sectarianism with run-of-the-mill reformism, writes Peter Manson
Taaffe counts his shekels
18 Jul 2019
The two sides in the CWI dispute are engaged in a tawdry wrangling over cash, writes Paul Demarty
Squandering the Legacy
12 Jul 2019
SPEW is severing its ties with the PCS leadership - because of its political errors, argues Paul Demarty
Drop the dead donkey
04 Jul 2019
Peter Taaffe’s determination to split his would-be international is yet more proof of his unfitness for leadership, argues Paul Demarty
What will be left?
20 Jun 2019
The split in the Committee for a Workers’ International ought to put paid to its delusions of grandeur, writes Paul Demarty
Fiasco nears conclusion
13 Jun 2019
Peter Taaffe’s split-mongering shows that loyalty to him is the yardstick of orthodoxy in his ‘international’, argues Paul Demarty
Take a class stand
23 May 2019
Peter Manson condemns leftwing traitors - both of the open kind and the silent kind
Taaffe demands a split
25 Apr 2019
Further leaks from the CWI point to a parting of ways, writes Paul Demarty
Whatever happened to the Lexit lads?
11 Apr 2019
Life has driven the left advocates of Brexit into ever greater confusion, argues Paul Demarty