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
Pro-Kremlin socialists
28 Apr 2022
Social-imperialism and social-pacifism are not our only problems, argues Jack Conrad. There is also a left that tails, excuses and flatters the Putin regime
Pro-war socialists
21 Apr 2022
In the name of ‘critical support’ for ‘Russian defence’ of Donbas, Tony Greenstein attacks Gilbert Achcar, Anti-Capitalist Resistance and the so-called Fourth International
Assessing Putin’s gamble
21 Apr 2022
Mike Macnair critiques the idea, common amongst social-imperialists and social-pacifists alike, that modern Russia is a full-blown imperialist power
Forgive us our trespasses
21 Apr 2022
Establishment celebrations of the Kinder Scout mass trespass of 1932 brush over its communist politics. Lawrence Parker puts the record straight
Hold the line
21 Apr 2022
The left in France should not be panicked into voting for Emmanuel Macron, writes Paul Demarty
A farrago of illusions
14 Apr 2022
Social-Putinism and social-imperialism are not our only problem, argues Jack Conrad. There is the curse of social‑pacifism and centrism too
The biters bitten
14 Apr 2022
James Harvey of Labour Party Marxists asks why the AWL has been proscribed when it has given such unstinting service to the right in promoting the ‘anti-Zionism equals anti-Semitism’ big lie
Resistance to war fever
07 Apr 2022
Amidst the suffocating establishment consensus, Toby Abse welcomes the relatively principled position taken by much of the Italian left
Alex’s greater friend
07 Apr 2022
The SWP is clearly motivated by opportunist considerations, not least the fall-out from the Martin Smith rape scandal. We do not owe politeness to renegades, argues Paul Demarty
Stay, fight, win
31 Mar 2022
What is going on in the Democratic Socialists of America? Charlie Frank explains the conflict over BDS which is dividing left and right
Next step forward
31 Mar 2022
While the Socialist Party has imploded, new alternatives are emerging. Andries Stroper of the SP’s Communist Platform reports on the recent local elections
Peace-loving liberals for war
31 Mar 2022
The rhetoric of the anti-war movement has been coopted by the war party in the west, argues Paul Demarty
Taking a principled position
24 Mar 2022
Yassamine Mather takes to task the left in the Middle East and north Africa over Nato and Russia’s invasion
A toxic operation
24 Mar 2022
Paul Houston shines a light on the murky origins of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign
Four anti-war nos
10 Mar 2022
Daniel Lazare welcomes the refusal of the DSA’s international committee to go along with the Democrats’ warmongering