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
Reaping the harvest
15 Dec 2016
Al Nusra are not brave rebels, writes Yassamine Mather. The jihadist group has been financed and directed by the west’s allies with the sole aim of bringing about regime change from above
A vote on Renzi, not Europe
15 Dec 2016
Toby Abse looks at the possibilities following the referendum defeat and subsequent resignation of the prime minister
The nuclear option
08 Dec 2016
While Jon Lansman considers ending it all, the left majority needs to press home its advantage, urges Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
An anti-militarist’s moral dilemmas
08 Dec 2016
Despite being employed by an institution responsible for advanced weapons research, writes Chris Knight, Noam Chomsky had a political conscience that refused to lie down
Gestures at top, gestures at bottom
08 Dec 2016
Donald Trump is lurching between conciliation and wild provocations, writes Paul Demarty
Grappling with new situation
08 Dec 2016
Peter Manson reports on the December 4 meeting of members of the CPGB and Labour Party Marxists
An icon, but not a model
01 Dec 2016
Revolutionary, dictator - or both? Paul Demarty remembers Fidel Castro
Are Renzi’s days numbered?
01 Dec 2016
The December 4 constitutional referendum could be one poll where the predictions turn out to be correct, writes Toby Abse
Revenge of white working class
01 Dec 2016
Trump’s victory shows that the establishment has lost control over the election process. Jim Creegan draws up a balance sheet of the class forces
Economics of the madhouse
01 Dec 2016
Despite the construction boom, things are not boding well for Erdoğan, writes Esen Uslu
New era taking shape
24 Nov 2016
Donald Trump’s early cabinet nominations are in line with his conspiratorial rightism. Paul Demarty assesses the reaction
We live in hope
17 Nov 2016
Peter Manson reviews the SWP’s second Pre-Conference Bulletin and finds it wanting
Different next time
17 Nov 2016
Donald Trump’s victory is a blow for the nationalist right - but hardly an irreversible one, argues Paul Demarty
What sort of populism?
17 Nov 2016
Toby Abse reviews: Filippo Tronconi (ed) 'Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement: organisation, communication and ideology', Ashgate Publishing, 2015, pp250, £67.99
Crisis of establishment
17 Nov 2016
All you can say with certainty about the Donald Trump presidency, writes Eddie Ford, is ‘Expect the unexpected’