Party & Programme
End the cycle of splits
24 May 2012
If the left is to build a serious political organisation it will have to facilitate internal dissent, writes Mike Macnair. And that will require both majorities and minorities to act responsibly
Factions, nameswitching and unity
05 Feb 2026
Communist Unity is the relaunched Revolutionary Communist Organisation, and as a bonus it has the Spartacist Tendency on board as a recognised faction. Mila Volkova reports on conference discussions, alignments and votes
Our politics needs light
05 Feb 2026
Corbyn’s clique does not recognise branches, refuses to release membership data, holds fake consultations, insists on secret meetings, demands confidentiality and is unable to issue a clear, unambiguous political statement on Gorton and Denton - all reasons why socialists should support the Grassroots Left, says Carla Roberts
General strikes and insurrection
05 Feb 2026
Marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Jack Conrad looks at Russia’s 1905 ‘dress rehearsal’. Following Bloody Sunday, the revolution took the form of mass demonstrations, general strikes, peasant uprisings, the formation of soviets and armed barricade fighting
Approaches to the General Strike
22 Jan 2026
Class was pitted against class. The question of state power was posed. Anyone serious about achieving socialism in Britain must painstakingly and critically study the May 3-12 1926 General Strike. Marking the centenary, Jack Conrad begins a series of articles
Yet another witch-hunt
22 Jan 2026
Corbyn’s The Many list is stuffed full of careerists, acolytes and the slightly deranged. Meanwhile, using all the Labour Party techniques, left candidates are being barred from standing. A bad omen, warns Carla Roberts
As you were
22 Jan 2026
Despite belatedly dumping the ‘gang of four’ over the 2013 rape scandal, the popular frontist politics remains. So does the lack of openness and obsession with secrecy. Paul Demarty looks at the paradox of change and continuity
Their days were numbered
15 Jan 2026
Deindustrialisation and reliance on commodity exports makes any independent economic policy impossible, argues Michael Roberts. Certainly the unpopularity of the Maduro regime was closely linked to the falling price of oil
Secrets, spin and smears
15 Jan 2026
Factional differences are being fought out using the state machine, unattributable media briefings and bureaucratic information control. Mike Macnair investigates the latest attack on Zarah Sultana and her associates
Off to a bumpy start
15 Jan 2026
Carla Roberts urges the Grassroots Left slate to change track, open up and reject calls for confidentiality and secrecy. Transparency is not a weakness, but a strength
Left gets itself organised
08 Jan 2026
Carla Roberts excoriates the ‘Christmas referendum’ and welcomes the positive role of Zarah Sultana in the formation of the Grassroots Left Slate. There is, though, the little question of our MPs and other elected representatives living on an average skilled workers’ wage
Hands off Venezuela!
08 Jan 2026
Trump is revealing the stark truth of how world politics really works - ‘might is right’. Pleas for a return to ‘international law’ are as pathetic as they are delusional. The working class must become a global power in its own right, says Eddie Ford
Too little, too late
18 Dec 2025
Four central committee members closely associated with the ‘Comrade Delta’ scandal have been removed. Just them? Why now? asks Paul Demarty, and will it finally put this self-inflicted disaster to rest?
Against action programmes
18 Dec 2025
We need to build a mass party and we need to fight for democracy in the state and in the workers’ movement too. Mike Macnair rejects the standard ‘left Trotskyist’ arguments
Zohran set to scab
11 Dec 2025
He does not want to upset the Democratic Party establishment or anger the ruling class. Parker McQueeney reports on the manoeuvrings of New York City’s mayor-elect
Rough guide to personalities and platforms
11 Dec 2025
Your Party launch conference might not have been allowed to discuss amendments that sought to enshrine the right of members to form platforms and factions - but there are plenty of them already operating and most of them openly. Carla Roberts takes a look