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
How not to win arguments
23 Feb 2023
Counterfire is in upheaval over the trans issue. Paul Demarty calls for serious debate, not heresy-hunting
Stoked by government ministers
16 Feb 2023
Kevin Bean reports on the Knowsley riot, its causes and the inadequacies of the economistic left’s responses
Whose constituent assembly?
09 Feb 2023
As the stalemate between the Islamic Republic and the mass opposition movement continues, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, one of the leaders of the 2009 Green movement, has called for a constituent assembly. Yassamine Mather has translated this excerpt from an article by Torab Saleth which deals with the constituent assembly from a leftwing point of view
Resisting the incoming tide
09 Feb 2023
Daniel Lazare pours scorn on the House of Representatives’ utterly incoherent, but revealing, resolution condemning the ‘horrors of socialism’
From Dixon to Carrick
02 Feb 2023
Following the latest scandal involving the Met, Eddie Ford agrees with SWP’s call for the abolition of the police. But then what?
Social-imperialism is betrayal
02 Feb 2023
Joint statement
Oil workers join protests
26 Jan 2023
All manner of tiny cracks are opening up at the top levels of the theocracy. Yassamine Mather looks behind the often arcane disputes
Farewell to an inspiration
26 Jan 2023
Obituary: Gustav (Schlacke) Lamche, director and producer for Cinema Action, August 25 1933-January 15 2023
The future is being made today
19 Jan 2023
Veteran Iranian socialist Ardeshir Mehrdad calls for class politics and the mobilisation of the lower depths of society
Shoras, party and programme
19 Jan 2023
Illusions in so-called bourgeois democracy persist - as do illusions in workers’ councils. Mike Macnair stresses the necessity of a mass party
Protests and the bigger picture
19 Jan 2023
Dangers of war are increasing and the masses refuse to be intimidated, but the left is mired in confusion. On January 9 Hands Off the People of Iran hosted an online meeting addressed by Moshé Machover and Mike Macnair. Yassamine Mather opened with these remarks
Look in the mirror
19 Jan 2023
They continue to denounce sexism in state institutions without confronting their own history. Paul Demarty calls for some self-criticism
Strategy, turns and dangers
12 Jan 2023
Run by a self-appointed elite, XR has ‘quit’ the tactic of disruption, much to the disapproval of the SWP. Eddie Ford comments
Taking the next step
12 Jan 2023
The government has no clear strategy. However, to fight back we need more than trade union militancy, argues Kevin Bean
The struggle continues
05 Jan 2023
Executions and long prison sentences have failed to intimidate the spontaneous protest movement. But conscious leadership by a revolutionary party is indispensable, argues Yassamine Mather