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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 up London ESF bid
16 Oct 2003
Another week, another secret meeting to discuss the proposal to host the European Social Forum 2004 in London. Tina Becker was there
Class politics not electoralism
16 Oct 2003
It looks as though the Socialist Workers Party's hopes for a cross-class 'peace and justice' coalition to contest next year's European and Greater London Authority elections are alive and well after all. Peter Manson reports
Anatomy of the hard left
01 May 2003
For the tens of thousands of people mobilised against the war on Iraq who have been drawn towards political action for the first time, the myriad of groups on the far left must seem bewildering. Ian Mahoney supplies a rough guide to a few of the more prominent
I'm so excited: Socialist Workers Party
01 May 2003
Could have been a contender: Socialist Party
01 May 2003
Going camping: Alliance for Workers' Liberty
01 May 2003
Pipe and slippers: International Socialist Group
01 May 2003
Example to follow?: Scottish Socialist Party
01 May 2003
What is 'sectarianism'?
01 May 2003
A day of celebration and hope
01 May 2003
Mary Godwin takes a look at the history of May Day
Respectable twin of ANL
01 May 2003
Around the web: Searchlight
Slogan wars
01 May 2003
Jack Conrad discusses the problems of the left when it comes to opposition to an attack on Iraq
A reply to comrades
20 Jun 2002
Last week's paper carried a letter from the Communist Struggle group in the Ukraine, suggesting that our two organisations have the possibility of "fruitful cooperation"
Australian left unites
22 Mar 2001
International Socialist Tendency
15 Mar 2001
Breaking off links The Socialist Workers Party has finally broken off links with the US International Socialist Organization. The ISO Steering Committee has circulated this document to all affiliates to the SWP's 'international', the International Socialist Tendency. It demonstrates that the attempt to build a bureaucratic international of like-minded sects will inevitably produce one split after another - since differences are always regarded as a problem, not an opportunity for mutual enlightenment