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
Blame the system itself
11 May 2023
Self-defence is no offence, insists Daniel Lazare. The death of Jordan Neely was an avoidable tragedy
The meaning of May Day
04 May 2023
First published on May 1 1907 in Clara Zetkin’s Die Gleichheit (‘Equality’), this article by Rosa Luxemburg skilfully explains the significance of International Workers’ Day - launched at the founding congress of the Second International in 1889
Stuff ‘single person’ leadership
04 May 2023
Despite its ostensible archaism, the coronation of Charles III reflects the thoroughly modern practice of one-man management, argues Mike Macnair
Take inspiration from Cromwell
04 May 2023
Enough of platonic republicanism, enough of fickle republicanism, enough of egg-throwing republicanism, says Jack Conrad . We need a militant fight for republican democracy
Chasing after cabinet seats
27 Apr 2023
Sinn Féin looks set to become the biggest party after the next general election. Anne McShane lambasts its PBP would-be coalition partner
All power to the 3.5%?
20 Apr 2023
The SWP cheers on those committed to minority, isolated actions such as blowing up pipelines, not those who stress programme, class politics and using elections to win majority support, writes Eddie Ford
Zhenotdel and its travails
30 Mar 2023
In light of the ongoing Women, Life, Freedom protests in Iran, Anne McShane discussed with Yassamine Mather the lessons that can be drawn from the fight for women’s emancipation in post-revolutionary Russia
We cause offence
23 Mar 2023
Following the lead of the liberal bourgeoisie, the dominant section of the left takes a ‘free speech, but ...’ approach. Jack Conrad defends the unrestricted right to organise, strike, assemble … and speak
From order to chaos
23 Mar 2023
Why has so much of the left collapsed into social-imperialism? Why the continued illusions in US intervention? Mike Macnair talked to Hands off the People of Iran in a meeting hosted by Yassamine Mather
Voice of the revolution
16 Mar 2023
This appeal drawn up by comrades in Iran, calling for clear politics, organisation and solidarity, has attracted widespread support
Dictating to power
16 Mar 2023
Marc Mulholland discusses the importance of the vote, the inadequacies of taxing the rich and why the path to working class power lies through extreme democracy
A tale of two phrases
09 Mar 2023
What did Marx mean by the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’? Marc Mulholland thinks the answer is closely bound up with ‘permanent revolution’
Upholding the free speech principle
09 Mar 2023
This statement has been issued in response to an exclusion by the Unofficial Weekly Worker Readers’ Group on the grounds of ‘transphobic’ speech
Tailism cannot deliver
09 Mar 2023
By clearing away misconceptions and starting from our common class interests we can produce a workable approach. Mike Macnair concludes his series
Not a minor issue
02 Mar 2023
Marching with Zionists, excusing Zionism and standing in solidarity with Palestine. Tony Greenstein investigates the contradictions generated by crass opportunism