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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
Opposing imperialism does not mean supporting oppression
02 Feb 2012
Anti-war protest disrupted by attack on supporters of the Iranian green movement. Ben Lewis reports
Monti prepares for fresh attacks
02 Feb 2012
The nature of the Italian resistance to austerity has so far been contradictory, writes Toby Abse
Mangling the party of Lenin
02 Feb 2012
Opportunist twists and turns and the perversion of democratic centralism have characterised the Socialist Workers Party and the groups it has influenced, including the US International Socialist Organization. But where did these practices originate? Former ISO member Pham Binh examines the method employed by SWP founder Tony Cliff
Choose your conspiracy
02 Feb 2012
Dave Douglass reviews Robert Green's A thorn in their side: the Hilda Murrell murder Rata Books, 2011, pp208,
Muddle, passivity, conformity
26 Jan 2012
The SWP's annual conference was a big let-down following the positive ideas put forward in the final pre-conference internal bulletin. Peter Manson reports
Postscript to demise
26 Jan 2012
Esen Uslu recounts the sad story of the Communist Party of Turkey
No war on Iran! For regime change from below!
26 Jan 2012
Make your voice heard against war and repression, urges Hands Off the People of Iran chair, Yassamine Mather
No room for anti-Semites
19 Jan 2012
Tony Greenstein looks ahead to this weekend's AGM of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
No surrender on article 18
12 Jan 2012
Toby Abse reports on the intransigent defence of Italy's Workers' Statute coming from an unexpected source
Preparing for the second wave
12 Jan 2012
December saw huge protests in Moscow and St Petersburg against the rigging of the elections to the duma. Mark Fischer asked Russian socialist Boris Kagarlitsky about their significance
Signs of an awakening
22 Dec 2011
Calls for internal democracy within the Socialist Workers Party can only be welcomed. Peter Manson reports on the third and final 'Pre-conference Bulletin'
Too early to say
15 Dec 2011
Mike Macnair reviews Ian Birchall's 'Tony Cliff: a Marxist for his time' Bookmarks, 2011, pp664,
In the footsteps of Kropotkin
15 Dec 2011
How did self-declared anarchists come to support the Nato bombing of Libya? David Douglass reports
The disappearing slogan
08 Dec 2011
Whatever happened to 'All out, stay out'? Peter Manson investigates
Keynesian fantasies are no substitute
08 Dec 2011
The Fine Gael/Labour coalition has unveiled the country's fifth austerity budget. Despite that the leading factions of the ULA continue to dither, writes Anne Mc Shane