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
SPEW: Peter Taaffe and his own scandal
14 Mar 2013
Ben Lewis discusses SPEWs version of democratic centralism
SWP factions: Two errors of the opposition
14 Mar 2013
SWP lynchers were emboldened by a weak opposition, argues Eddie Ford
SWP special conference: Apparatus uses fair means and foul
14 Mar 2013
Peter Manson asks what can still be saved from the SWP
SWP special conference: Divided they fall
07 Mar 2013
The Socialist Workers Party leadership is attempting to divide the opposition. Taking the bait would be suicide, reckons Paul Demarty
Tusc: Let’s get this party started
07 Mar 2013
The current Tusc model has failed, argues Nick Wrack
Alex Callinicos: haunted by the real Lenin
07 Mar 2013
Ben Lewis observed few signs of revolt at last weekends SWSS day school
ULA blow-up: Legacy of sectarianism
28 Feb 2013
As the ULA stares into the abyss, Anne Mc Shane looks back at two years of cynical betrayal
SWP CC and theory: Self-serving dishonesty
28 Feb 2013
Do the Socialist Workers Partys stability and clear perspectives result from its ban on permanent factions? You must be joking, writes Mike Macnair
SWP crisis: Silence of the lambs
28 Feb 2013
The softly, softly approach of the Socialist Workers Party opposition contrasts with the leaderships aggression, argues Paul Demarty
Programme and Party: Broad bad, mass good
21 Feb 2013
Opportunists require mushy politics and meaningless phrases when they set out to deceive. Jack Conrad argues in favour of a mass working class party and the kind of principles and politics outlined in the Communist manifesto, the Erfurt programme and the programme of the Parti Ouvrier
Socialist Party: Taaffe’s significant silence
21 Feb 2013
The Socialist Party in England and Wales appears to have decided to effectively ignore the SWP crisis. But why? Ben Lewis investigates
SWP crisis: Lynch mobs and lèse-majesté
21 Feb 2013
The Socialist Workers Party leadership is fighting a dirty war. Unfortunately, writes Paul Demarty, nobody seems to have told the opposition
Left organisation: Not another sinister sect
21 Feb 2013
The way the left organises is a nonsense, argues Nick Wrack. This is an edited version of his speech at the February 9 Socialist Organisation and Democracy event in Manchester
SWP crisis: Twilight of the idols
14 Feb 2013
The central committee has once again failed to reassert control. But dirty tricks are inevitable, writes Paul Demarty
Owen Jones polemic: Babies and bathwater
07 Feb 2013
Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists thinks that Owen Jones has thrown out the democratic baby