Party & Programme > The left
Another split, another sect
26 Apr 2012
The left must organise on the basis of genuine democratic centralism, argues Ben Lewis
Privileged information leaks
26 Jun 2025
Everything is happening in secret. But secrets have a habit of being told. Meanwhile, yet another deadline has come and gone, reports Carla Roberts
Patching up capitalism
29 May 2025
Rose-tinted images of the past were interspersed with absurd recipes for the future - Michael Roberts reports on a day spent with the ‘eminent’ members of the Progressive Economy Forum
Electoral front goes national
22 May 2025
Victorian Socialists are establishing franchises across the country. Marcus Strom looks at the background, the manoeuvring, the programmatic poverty - but welcomes the formation of the Communist Platform
Everyone wants to join
22 May 2025
While Corbyn and his trusted aides prepare to launch yet another soft left party, the SWP acts as foot soldiers … including for born-again Green leftie, Zack Polanski. Carla Roberts reports from Sheffield
Corbyn is coming
15 May 2025
Hints are being dropped here, there and everywhere. But exactly what is going on remains a closely guarded secret. As for programme, everything tells us it is going to be on the soft end of the soft left. Carla Roberts provides an update
What’s in a name?
13 Mar 2025
Toby Abse reports on Rifondazione Comunista’s desperate attempts to re-enter parliament and the illusions it is fostering in the Bric countries as a source of peace
Very essence of Marxism
06 Mar 2025
Mike Macnair reviews Bruno Leipold Citizen Marx: republicanism and the formation of Karl Marx’s social and political thought Princeton University Press, 2024, pp418, £32
Two colourful educators
30 Jan 2025
Celebrating the lives of Kevin Bean and Terry Harrison. Billy Clarke reports from the memorial held at Liverpool’s Casa bar
Third-round progress
30 Jan 2025
Preliminary stages have been completed, but it is important, at this point, to challenge those who only talk the talk. Jack Conrad reports
Second-round progress
16 Jan 2025
Old gripes, past differences and silly diversions should not be allowed to get in our way. Communists are determined to unite - not when it comes to a perfect future, but in the here and now. Jack Conrad reports
Anti-partyist partyism
16 Jan 2025
Mike Macnair continues his series of articles on the ‘party question’ by turning to the negative critique and unsupported spin of Lawrence Parker
New year, new left party?
09 Jan 2025
Collective is pursuing Corbynism without Corbyn - it all looks very unpromising and very undemocratic … especially if the SWP tries to jump on board, says Carla Roberts
Four times in four years
05 Dec 2024
Another austerity budget, another symbolic general strike. Toby Abse reports on stagnant living standards and how the centre-left is moving towards the trade union bureaucracy
An unpalatable choice
21 Nov 2024
With a February 23 general election agreed, German society is set to move right, reports Carla Roberts
Whimpering out of existence
14 Nov 2024
The beginning of the end of all those efforts to rally what was the Corbyn movement seems to be in sight. Carla Roberts reports on the factions and the confusion