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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
Silent treatment
30 May 2019
The failure of some left groups to back the Labour Party is the fruit of deep-rooted problems in method, argues Paul Demarty
Take a class stand
23 May 2019
Peter Manson condemns leftwing traitors - both of the open kind and the silent kind
Pointer to disillusionment
16 May 2019
ANC support continues to drop, writes Peter Manson, but the main beneficiary is the black nationalist EFF
Commitment to orderly progress
09 May 2019
Jim Creegan argues, in his second and concluding article, that while Karl Kautsky’s writings contained insights, his entire political career can only serve as a negative example. We intend to carry a rejoinder in the near future
Steady rightward trajectory
02 May 2019
Responding to a flurry of debate, US comrade Jim Creegan gives his view on the evolution of Karl Kautsky in the first of a two-part article
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
Revolution or the ‘democratic road’?
25 Apr 2019
Amid increased radicalisation, US leftists are debating their political strategy. We publish here a contribution by Donald Parkinson
Israel and the ‘new anti-Semitism’
25 Apr 2019
Review: ‘The British left and Zionism - history of a divorce’ by Paul Kelemen, Manchester University Press, 2012, pp227, £16.99
Full-timers and ‘cadre’
25 Apr 2019
Mike Macnair discusses the managerialist version of ‘democratic centralism’ revealed by the collapse of yet another sect
Taaffe demands a split
25 Apr 2019
Further leaks from the CWI point to a parting of ways, writes 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 promising start
11 Apr 2019
Peter Manson welcomes the formation of the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party in South Africa
Transparency and solidarity
04 Apr 2019
Mike Macnair looks at the procedural questions that precipitated the collapse of the ISO
Taaffe goes for the throat
04 Apr 2019
It is increasingly obvious that the crisis in the CWI is a lamentable attempt to force a split. Paul Demarty wonders who will fall for it, and whether the ‘tradition of the Militant’ is strong enough to survive
Another round of splits
21 Mar 2019
It is a case of ‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’ for Peter Taaffe’s beleaguered sect. Anne McShane and William Sarsfield look at the mounting problems in the CWI