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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

Civility and its discontents

10 Jul 2025

Lessons from Martin Luther and the Hobbesian demand for speech controls. Can we build a workable communist movement without ruthless truthfulness, even at the cost of giving offence? Paul Demarty thinks no

Get back to the talking

10 Jul 2025

Being in a majority is nicer than being in a minority, but without minorities accepting being in a minority, there can be no hope of meaningful communist unity. Scott Evans reports on the June 30 TAS meeting

After Mamdani’s victory

03 Jul 2025

We should celebrate the triumph of a DSA member in New York City’s Democratic primary, argues Paul Demarty. But what this once again poses is the question of party control over representatives

One step back

03 Jul 2025

Marx provided many lessons of how to draft programmes. However, they were not only about building unity around concrete aims: they were also about drawing clear lines of demarcation, says Jack Conrad

Rising middle classes?

03 Jul 2025

Mike Macnair reviews Dan Evans A nation of shopkeepers: the unstoppable rise of the petty bourgeoisie Repeater Books, 325pp, £10.99

Completely different foundations

26 Jun 2025

As with now, the economic significance and politics of the middle classes was being hotly debated among socialists back in the 1890s. Some claimed their growth as disproving Marxism. Others could only see proletarianisation. Ben Lewis has translated a highly pertinent passage from Karl Kautsky’s Anti-Bernstein (1899), which offers still valuable insights. Mike Macnair provides the introduction

Privileged information leaks

26 Jun 2025

Everything is happening in secret. But secrets have a habit of being told. Meanwhile, yet another deadline has come and gone, reports Carla Roberts

Socialisms have prevented communism

12 Jun 2025

Peter Kennedy, a member of Talking About Socialism, responds to Mike Macnair. Obviously what he writes represents his own take on the contemporary situation and historic issues

Learning some elementary Russian

12 Jun 2025

Worthwhile unity can only be forged around a democratically agreed programme. But that necessarily involves minorities accepting majority votes. Demanding that majorities discard their programme and compromise on their principles is a non-starter, says Jack Conrad

Collaboration, yes; opportunism, no

05 Jun 2025

Programme is central. We have taken many years fashioning, discussing and fine-tuning. It would be the crassest opportunism to abandon what we have achieved. Jack Conrad replies for the CPGB

Putting things on hold

05 Jun 2025

Talking About Socialism has written this letter to the CPGB and the pro-talks faction of Prometheus, suspending our talks

Capitalism as a star fort

05 Jun 2025

The system might be in decline, but it has a whole complex of defence works available to it. Mike Macnair completes his three-part series on the transition from capitalism to communism

Not a bright idea

29 May 2025

An unwillingness - or inability - to deal with the root causes of the climate crisis has resulted in a frantic search for technological fixes. However, argues Jack Conrad, that comes with all manner of dangers

Questions of communism

29 May 2025

What is the relationship between socialism and communism? Can socialism be built in a single country? Mike Macnair continues his exploration of the transition from capitalism

Patching up capitalism

29 May 2025

Rose-tinted images of the past were interspersed with absurd recipes for the future - Michael Roberts reports on a day spent with the ‘eminent’ members of the Progressive Economy Forum

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