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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
Despicable participants in an ongoing witch-hunt
11 Oct 2018
The AWL social-imperialists have constituted themselves as allies of the Labour right, the mainstream media and the Israeli political establishment, writes Carla Roberts
Small but positive
11 Oct 2018
Peter Moody looks at DSA attempts to ensure that their elected representatives remain accountable to the organisation
A funny way to support Jeremy
04 Oct 2018
SPEW has written to the Labour Party asking to affiliate. Peter Manson looks at the background
Liberal playthings
27 Sep 2018
Mike Macnair assesses the AWL’s second conference document, on Europe
Left in disunity
06 Sep 2018
Dave Vincent looks at the strange battle for assistant general secretary
Demanding a consensus
26 Jul 2018
What will result from the SACP’s call for a ‘reconfigured alliance’ with the ANC? Peter Manson reports on the party’s continuing divisions
Sowing dragon's teeth
26 Jul 2018
Is Leon Trotsky’s Transitional programme the last word when it comes to the Marxist programme? Or does it represent regression in Marxist terms? Jack Conrad argues against the economism of Trotskyism
Oppose siren calls
05 Jul 2018
Some on the ‘left’ insist on running with People’s Vote and its call for a second EU referendum. Once again Jack Conrad argues that Marxists ought to condemn referendums. We favour representative democracy and working class political independence
Another rotten fudge
24 May 2018
The divisions in SPEW stem from a leadership dogmatically sticking to a totally wrong position, writes Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Cold war nostalgia
17 May 2018
Mike Macnair looks at the AWL’s version of ‘socialism’ and finds it wanting
Its final outing
10 May 2018
Peter Manson looks at what was a disastrous political project from the very beginning
Across the board
26 Apr 2018
The AWL is moving to the right at an ever-increasing pace, observes Mike Macnair
Both sides of the fence
19 Apr 2018
Leftist intellectuals have taken fright when faced with the ‘anti-Semitism’ smear campaign. Tony Greenstein responds to Richard Seymour
In enemy hands
05 Apr 2018
The barrage of lies about Labour’s anti-Semitism ‘problem’ shows we badly need an alternative labour movement media, argues Paul Demarty
The struggle continues
22 Mar 2018
After the surrender of Afrin, Esen Uslu says that the Turkish left and Kurdish movement must unite in opposition to Erdoğan