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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
National committee endorses anti-intervention line
07 Apr 2011
The Labour Representation Committee's national committee met in Preston on Saturday April 2, its first out-of-London meeting since the January AGM enlarged the NC to include delegates from local LRC groups. Greater London deputy delegate Stan Keable reports
Stop treating the working class like sheep
07 Apr 2011
General strikes are a tactic, not a strategy. Michael Copestake attends a local meeting of the SWP
Arm the movement with Marxist politics
31 Mar 2011
James Turley reports on a good day in the fight to build resistance to the coalition's austerity
You are useful idiots
31 Mar 2011
The imperialist assault on Libya has rallied many on the liberal and socialist left in its defence. James Turley argues that this makes an anti-imperialist perspective even more urgently necessary
No defence of Benghazi
31 Mar 2011
Gerry Downing of 'Socialist Fight' believes the anti-Gaddafi rebellion is totally reactionary
Unity across the Arab world
31 Mar 2011
The Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt are a group that adheres to the same tradition as our Socialist Workers Party. Peter Manson asked Mohammad Hamama, a prominent RS member, about the prospects for the working class movement in Egypt and beyond
Taking on redder hues?
31 Mar 2011
Eddie Ford argues that Ed Miliband is shuffling to the left as the resistance to the Tory-Lib Dem cuts takes mass form
Now the left has TDs
24 Mar 2011
Anne Mc Shane urges principled unity in a new party
Their busted flush and ours
17 Mar 2011
Laurie Smith is not impressed by the left's performance in Sheffield
Socialism means winning the majority
10 Mar 2011
Winning a 'yes' vote in the May 5 referendum on AV should be seen as part of the battle for extreme democracy, writes Peter Manson
Self-determination and the fight for a socialist state
24 Feb 2011
The Communist Party of Iran is an ex-Maoist organisation, which now states it is 'closer to Trotskyism'. On his recent trip to Iraqi Kurdistan, Rozh Ahmad visited the camp run by Komalah, the CPI grouping in Kurdistan, and spoke to Hassan Rahman Panah, a member of its central committee
Goodbye to Gaddafi
24 Feb 2011
He may still be admired by sections of the left, writes Eddie Ford. But we would wholeheartedly welcome the fall of Gaddafi in what is the first armed uprising in the Arab revolution
Thirty years of reaction
17 Feb 2011
Ruben Markarian of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran addressed the Hopi AGM
Make unity a reality
17 Feb 2011
Differences over tactics are no reason to keep the anti-cuts movement divided, argues Peter Manson
Radical-reformist Kautskyites
10 Feb 2011
Gerry Downing accuses the CPGB of reformism