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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
Open letter to the Socialist Workers Party
15 Oct 2009
Mark Fischer, the CPGBs national organiser, questions the worth of SWP calls for unity
SWP dumps John Rees
18 Sep 2008
The leader with the greatest responsibility for the Respect disaster has been ousted. Peter Manson reports on the palace coup in the SWP
Return to Marx
07 Aug 2008
James Turley reviews Mike Macnair's 'Revolutionary strategy' November publications, 2008, pp204, £7.99
Rowan Williams and SWP lies
14 Feb 2008
In Respect, Chris Bambery lied again and again. Secularism 'justifies' islamophobia, advocating secularism plays into the hands of those 'deliberately stoking up' islamophobia, etc. Yet now his Socialist Worker demands separation of church and state, writes James Turley
Lies and more lies
07 Feb 2008
Misleaders of the SWP continue to try to deceive its members, writes Jim Moody
Russia: Revival of class politics
24 Jan 2008
What will the departure of Vladimir Putin as president mean for Russian politics? What are the prospects for the working class? Boris Kagarlitsky of the Moscow-based Institute of Globalisation Studies outlines his thoughts and perspectives
John Rees must be crazy if he thinks Londoners will elect Lindsey German to the GLA
24 Jan 2008
The Socialist Workers Party leadership may have marginalised its internal opposition for the moment. But its strategy has been thoroughly exposed as an unmitigated disaster. Peter Manson reports on the SWP conference and the latest developments in Respect
Should the left manage capitalism?
10 Jan 2008
Uli Franke, a candidate for Die Linke in the Hessian city of Darmstadt, spoke to Tina Becker about the pressure to govern, the new tendencies emerging in the organisation and the need for more debate
Abandoning class politics
20 Dec 2007
The tensions in the Alliance for Workers' Liberty over the occupation of Iraq have disappeared from public view. Yet the opposition has found a new hook to express its discontent. Ken Crisp reports
Truth versus slurs
29 Nov 2007
On November 21 Hands Off the People of Iran held a successful launch meeting in Manchester despite sectarian attempts to undermine it from the Socialist Workers Party. Ken Browning reports
Respect booty prize
29 Nov 2007
Madani Girls School in Tower Hamlets, east London, was the venue for the Respect (Galloway version) November 25 hustings to determine the prospective general election candidates for the two constituencies of Bethnal Green and Bow, and Poplar and Limehouse. Simon Wells reports
Fight on two fronts
22 Nov 2007
More than 200 people attended the November 17 conference, 'The first casualty: war, truth and the media today', reports Tina Becker. The SWP's apologetic position on Iran was very much present, as were journalists from the Iranian television channel, Press TV. But contributions from the floor were much more encouraging
Socialists for Labourism
22 Nov 2007
With the hostilities in Respect reaching their messy denouement last weekend, it was almost possible to forget the rather less fiery Socialism school of the Socialist Party in England and Wales. James Turley reports
Ditch the strategic illusion
08 Nov 2007
Pro-Tehran apologetics in the Stop the War Coalition represents a kind of nostalgia for the 'anti-imperialist front', writes Mike Macnair
Wot? No left?
25 Oct 2007
In the fight between George Galloway and the SWP, Mike Macnair is reminded of the debate between the Bukharinite 'rights' and the Stalinists in 1929-33