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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
A hot autumn too
11 Aug 2022
Things are clearly heading towards a monumental explosion of strikes and protests, writes Eddie Ford
Indy2, strikes and boycotts
28 Jul 2022
Why are the ‘official communists’ in such a muddle over the SNP’s bid to hold a legal referendum on independence? James Harvey critiques the YCL’s gensec
Very much in control
28 Jul 2022
The US may be in decline, writes Moshé Machover, but the left is doing little or nothing in the way of strategic thinking
Ideologue of the revolution
28 Jul 2022
He drew on secular thinkers such as Frantz Fanon, Jean-Paul Sartre and Karl Marx, Catholic liberation theology and the symbolism and language of Shi’ite Islam. Lydia Apolinar explores the ideas and influence of Ali Shariati
An open letter to ACR
21 Jul 2022
Tony Greenstein accuses Anti-Capitalist Resistance of giving succour to the ‘anti-Zionism equals anti-Semitism’ witch-hunt in the Labour Party
One foot in the grave
21 Jul 2022
RMT’s withdrawal from Tusc was understandable, especially given the consistently dismal electoral performance. But, argues, Paul Demarty, this leaves SPEW, the mothership, in profound crisis too
Not yet another coalition
14 Jul 2022
James Harvey looks at the storming of government buildings, the danger from the army and the prospects for winning a real Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Let’s talk about divorce
14 Jul 2022
Does Biden’s lame response to the Supreme Court mark the end of the line for the DSA’s strategic reliance on the Democrats? Daniel Lazare argues for a break
First our own rulers
14 Jul 2022
Far from running out of troops and material and facing defeat, Russian forces continue to relentlessly advance. But, Alexander Gallus of the US journal Cosmonaut argues, for us the main enemy remains at home
Cliffism to ministerialism
07 Jul 2022
The SWP’s comrades in Ireland are dreaming of joining a ‘broad alliance’ capitalist government led by Mary Lou McDonald’s Sinn Féin. Why does Alex Callinicos so tamely acquiesce to what is a betrayal of elementary principle, asks Anne McShane
Looking to the right
07 Jul 2022
Andrew Byrne reports on the impressions of the target audience and the centre-stage given to Gilbert Achcar and Jeremy Corbyn
Take it back from them
07 Jul 2022
As everyone knows, Pride began as a radical protest march, but has long been taken over by big business. Eddie Ford warns against the logic of sectionalism
Westminster vs Holyrood
07 Jul 2022
James Harvey considers the SNP’s call for a second independence referendum and asks how the left should respond
The meaning of character
30 Jun 2022
When it comes to the Marxist programme, there are still some on what passes for the left today who will not - cannot - grasp basic, straightforward propositions. Whether that is due to a lack of elementary political education, the idiocy of isolation or factional animus is an open question. Jack Conrad replies to Andrew Northall
The party question is key
30 Jun 2022
After the Supreme Court ruling, the left is debating strategy and tactics. But the key must be establishing a party and the best place to begin is breaking the DSA from the liberal wing of the bourgeoisie, argues Matthew Strupp of the Marxist Unity Group