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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
Drowning in oil
21 Jan 2016
The capitalist world economy is fast slowing down. Investors and central bankers worry about a catastrophic crisis. Meanwhile, asks Eddie Ford, does Venezuela’s oil-reliant Bolivarian revolution face its nemesis.
Systems and symptoms
14 Jan 2016
While millions live in dire poverty, the SACP wants us to believe that the main problem is still ‘racism’. Peter Manson reports
No controversy, please
10 Dec 2015
Peter Manson reports on the PA’s second national delegate conference
Splits and divisions continue
03 Dec 2015
With Cosatu tied body and soul to the ANC, writes Peter Manson, it looks like it will soon be faced with yet another rival federation
Contradictions exposed
12 Nov 2015
School shines fresh light on SPEW’s disarray over the Labour Party, says Peter Manson
Following the crowd
12 Nov 2015
The Socialism 2015 event was marked by a distinct lack of new ideas, writes Commissaress
Admit you were wrong!
05 Nov 2015
The SPEW comrades are in urgent need of a radical rethink, argues Peter Manson
Scandals in the capital
05 Nov 2015
The manoeuvring which culminated in the fall of the mayor of Rome could result in the populist right taking control of the city, writes Toby Abse
Students force ANC retreat
29 Oct 2015
The climbdown on university fees has left the SACP general secretary looking thoroughly compromised, reports Peter Manson
Royal pomp and Hollandisation
29 Oct 2015
President Xi’s visit highlights what seems to be a changing strategic orientation of British imperialism, says Eddie Ford
Nice guys finish last
29 Oct 2015
Battle lines are being drawn in the Labour Party, writes Paul Demarty
The Sanders project
22 Oct 2015
Alan Smithee compares the political shift on both sides of the Atlantic
Managing a debt colony
08 Oct 2015
Having ‘taken the power’, writes Eddie Ford, Syriza is now an agent of the institutions
Action requires organisation
17 Sep 2015
Counterposing activism to Labour Party work is a mug’s game, argues Paul Demarty
One shameful U-turn after another
13 Aug 2015
In the name of the ‘next stage of the revolution’, reports Yassamine Mather, the SWP and its co-thinkers are once again backing the Muslim Brotherhood