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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
Learning from defeat
12 Jan 2006
Panayotis Yulis is a representative of the Network for Political and Social Rights in Greece (Epohi), which works with immigrants and political prisoners. He is a member of the Greek Social Forum and on the organising committee for the ESF in Athens
Dying on its feet
12 Jan 2006
Around 150 people gathered in the Konferenzhaus in Vienna to prepare for the next European Social Forum, which will take place in Athens on May 4-7 2006. Rifondazione Comunista's turn to government hung over the event like a Damocles sword - together with an unwillingness to take any decisive steps forward. Tina Becker fears that we might be witnessing the beginning of the end of the ESF as a vehicle for international cooperation
Faith schools too hot for SWP
12 Jan 2006
The left must takes this issue seriously, says Michelle Euston. After all, faith schools are envisaged in the government's white paper on education as a wedge to break up comprehensive education system
Rumblings of rebellion
12 Jan 2006
SW Kenning reports on last weekend's SWP conference
Maverick George Galloway offends SWP sensibilities
12 Jan 2006
George Galloway's decision to try his hand at 'reality' TV as a Big brother contestant has thrown Respect and the Socialist Workers Party into disarray, to put it mildly. Peter Manson reports
Bonapartism or social democracy?
05 Jan 2006
Paul Hampton of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty replies to Nick Rogers and upholds what he calls 'independent working class politics'
Reply to Molyneux
05 Jan 2006
The SWP's Central Committee responds to the troublesome John Molyneux
Church and state against women's rights
05 Jan 2006
Will Italy's Rifondazione Comunista risk upsetting their coalition partners-to-be by defending women's rights? Anne Mc Shane reports from the struggle over abortion rights in Italy
Why I intend to stand
05 Jan 2006
The SWP's John Molyneux explains why he is standing against the Central Committee's recommended slate
A loyal rebel
05 Jan 2006
On the eve of the Socialist Workers Party's annual conference this weekend (January 7-8), SW Kenning looks at what is going on behind the scenes and the official claims of one magnificent success leading to another
We are better than them!
15 Dec 2005
Peter Manson reports from last Saturday's 'international peace confernce' in London, which was more of a rally - and gave no answers as to what the anti-war movement should be doing next
Chávez and the AWL
15 Dec 2005
Nick Rogers replies to Paul Hampton from the Alliance of Workers' Liberty
Losing the plot
15 Dec 2005
The latest meeting of Respect Hackney underlined the profound crisis of the comrades in the Socialist Workers Party over their role in Respect - they either ignore oppositional voices or they shout them down. Tina Becker reports
Cannonites and the way of the dodo
08 Dec 2005
Despite protests to the contrary, the Australian Socialist Alliance is dead, argues Marcus Ström. The Democratic Socialist Perspective has not broken from its old ways. On the contrary, it shares the same method as the SWP, which led to the closing down of the Socialist Alliance in England and Wales
Up to the top of the hill
08 Dec 2005
The Socialist Worker Party generals have failed the anti-war movement, says Eddie Ford, who looks forward to the December 10 Peace Conference in London