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Another split, another sect
26 Apr 2012
The left must organise on the basis of genuine democratic centralism, argues Ben Lewis
Call to SWP minority - ‘Fight openly’
26 Jun 1997
Following the Socialist Workers Party’s decision to contest the Irish general election (see Weekly Worker June 12), a change in policy in Britain too now looks to be just a matter of time. For some time a minority of the SWP leadership, particularly Chris Harman, have been arguing for the organisation to stand its own candidates in elections, and occasionally veiled references to the internal opposition on the question have surfaced in the organisation’s journals. Tom Delargy was expelled from the SWP in 1987 for opposing the leadership and is now active in the Scottish Socialist Alliance. Below we reproduce extracts from the letter he sent to Socialist Worker just before the general election, in which he anticipates a change in line and calls on the organisation to drop its sectarian approach to the rest of the left
Drop the dead donkey
26 Jun 1997
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group discusses why he is against a “Duma with full powers”
Climate of mistrust
26 Jun 1997
Nick Wrack resigned as editor of Militant shortly before a special conference of Militant Labour voted to change the organisation’s name to ‘Socialist Party’ at the end of last year. His appearance at the June meeting of the SP’s National Committee caused some surprise, as many comrades were under the impression that he had stood down from that body too. His letter of resignation, reproduced here, has been circulating unofficially within the organisation. It demonstrates that the SP still has a long way to go to achieve the openness necessary in a democratic workers’ party
Lining up with the establishment
26 Jun 1997
Around the left
Bucket loads of hypocrisy
26 Jun 1997
Open Polemic’s Bob Smith, former ‘representative’ member of the CPGB, mounts his charger once again
Speaking for the establishment
26 Jun 1997
Party notes
SLP militants unbowed by intimidation
19 Jun 1997
Socialist Labour democracy campaign launched
Road to nowhere
19 Jun 1997
Much of the left is now talking about a ‘crisis of expectations’ amongst the working class. But is there any truth to it? Last weekend the CPGB organised a round-table discussion on this, under the heading, ‘Where now for the left?’ Eddie Ford reports
Edinburgh farce
19 Jun 1997
Dundee tragedy
19 Jun 1997
Scottish Socialist Alliance divided on Scotland Forward
19 Jun 1997
New left dogma
19 Jun 1997
Around the left
Resignation pre-empted
19 Jun 1997
Following the entry into the SLP of several members of the Indian Workers Association, led by the ultra-Stalinite Harpal Brar, the leadership in Southall found itself in a minority, outvoted by new members who seem to see their role as being unquestioning foot soldiers of the NEC. Unfortunately, instead of remaining in position to fight for their beliefs, the branch officers announced their intention to resign. Here we reproduce their rather pathetic letter
Call for left cooperation
19 Jun 1997
The following motion, proposed by comrade Tom Delargy of Paisley SSA, was unanimously passed at the SSA’s annual conference on Saturday June 14