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Still in denial
06 Mar 2020
It is all very well for the SWP to condemn Weinstein, writes Paul Demarty, but what about the legacy of its own rape scandal?
Not much to say
19 Dec 2019
Peter Manson is saddened, but not surprised, by the extraordinarily low level of what passes for debate.
Political zombification
28 Nov 2019
Mike Macnair finds the second pre-conference discussion bulletin a sad but revealing read...
Pretence of democracy
31 Oct 2019
Peter Manson reports on the first of three SWP pre-conference internal bulletins.
Anti-racism and ‘useful idiots’
02 May 2019
The SWP remains trapped in its old bad habits - and never have they been more obviously counterproductive, reckons 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
A sad state of affairs
20 Dec 2018
Peter Manson looks at what passes for internal debate in the run-up to the SWP conference
SWP: Keep on keeping on
25 Oct 2018
The absence of members’ rights is striking. Peter Manson reports on the first Pre-Conference Bulletin
Shame on the SWP
22 Mar 2018
SUTR accepted the Zionist ‘anti-Semitism’ narrative, writes Tony Greenstein. Despite that the Confederation of Friends of Israel Scotland was finally kept off the march ... by unofficial action
Not even Menshevism
18 Jan 2018
Three quarters of the SWP's new recruits pay nothing, writes Peter Manson
Floundering in wake of Corbynism
23 Nov 2017
Peter Manson takes a look at the SWP’s second pre-conference bulletin and the poverty of thought
Shutting out reality
09 Nov 2017
The SWP has been dragged into the sexual harassment scandal. Paul Demarty revisits the case
Enough wishful thinking
03 Nov 2017
The left must do better than acting as Puigdemont’s PR department, argues Paul Demarty
First Corbyn, then us
19 Oct 2017
As the first Pre-conference bulletin shows, Labour presents a huge dilemma for the SWP. Peter Manson wonders if it has any answers
Stumbling over Labour
13 Jul 2017
The SWP’s movementism leaves it politically adrift where it really counts, writes Peter Manson