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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
SUPPLEMENT: Three waves of protest
04 Feb 2021
Feelings of injustice, a lack of rights and a sense of betrayal have become universal and act as psychological and subjective drivers of protest, writes Ardeshir Mehrdad. But how can protest be forged into a movement than can topple the regime?
SUPPLEMENT: Limits of guerrillaism
04 Feb 2021
Mohamad Reza Shalgouni was a founder-member of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar). He spoke to Yassamine Mather about his strategic reassessment as a prisoner of the shah and experience of the revolutionary years of 1978-79
Disputed heritage
28 Jan 2021
The pathetically weak remnants have been marking the centenary of the Partito Comunista. Toby Abse reports from Livorno
Stay, fight and win
14 Jan 2021
Attempts to wreck the youth section have been met with a growing tide of resistance. Emil Jacobs reports on the ongoing battles in the Socialist Party (Netherlands)
Open and honest debate
14 Jan 2021
The CPGB’s first online winter school proved to be a real success. James Harvey reports
Meaningful debate absent
07 Jan 2021
Why are Socialist Workers Party members incapable of making serious contributions? Peter Manson looks at the third and final internal bulletin
Dull echo chamber
03 Dec 2020
Genuine debate is something the central committee has long tried to avoid. The end result is a comatosed membership. Peter Manson reviews the second pre-conference bulletin
Youth section will win
26 Nov 2020
The political battle cleaving the Socialist Party has dramatically intensified. Emil Jacobs reports
Supplement
19 Nov 2020
Jonah Martell sets out twelve proposals to transform the Democratic Socialists of America
Bureaucratic control-freakery
12 Nov 2020
The leadership of the Socialist Party is determined to enter a coalition with bourgeois parties and gain well rewarded ministerial portfolios for a few tops. Those who oppose this disastrous line are being expelled, but not silenced. Emil Jacobs reports
Going nowhere fast
05 Nov 2020
Peter Manson lifts the lid on mindless activity, an arid internal life and leadership control-freakery
Smugglers and snakeheads
29 Oct 2020
Advocating non-racist immigration controls not only means lining up with national chauvinism, argues Eddie Ford. It is also self-defeating
No end in sight
29 Oct 2020
Will a Biden victory break the far-right wave? Paul Demarty thinks the Covid-19 economic downturn will fuel irrationality
Amplify the voice
22 Oct 2020
Loes Muller reports on the first meeting of the Marxist opposition in the Socialist Party (Netherlands)
Pathetic confusion
24 Sep 2020
SPEW’s approach to Labour combines classic sectarianism with run-of-the-mill reformism, writes Peter Manson