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
Sects and fronts go round in ever diminishing circles
04 Feb 2010
Dave Isaacson argues for a united revolutionary student organisation
A real united front could organise unemployed
28 Jan 2010
Mike Macnair takes a looks ahead to the SWP's 'Right to Work' conference
Lessons of the NUWM and UWC
28 Jan 2010
Mark Fischer takes a look at the National Unemployed Workers Movement and the Unemployed Workers Charter
Some thoughts on the proposed charter
28 Jan 2010
Ben Lewis welcomes the initiative of Communist Workers of Iran and offers some fraternal criticisms
For left unity
21 Jan 2010
An open letter to Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition from the CPGB
No more proscriptions, bans or secret cabals
21 Jan 2010
The CPB has pulled out of Tusc, reports Peter Manson. Where does that leave the coalition?
SUPPLEMENT: Prospects of the Russian Revolution
14 Jan 2010
By Karl Kautsky. translated into English for the first time by Ben Lewis
SUPPLEMENT: Kautsky, Lenin and the 'April theses'
14 Jan 2010
Could Karl Kautsky - the 'pope' turned 'renegade' of orthodox Marxism - have influenced Vladimir Ilych's 'April theses'? Here we print a Karl Kautsky article from April 1917, translated into English for the first time by Ben Lewis. It is introduced by Lars T Lih, a historian based in Canada, who has been at the forefront of re-examining the complex relationship between these two widely misunderstood figures of the 20th century workers' movement
Left Platform trounced
14 Jan 2010
Peter Manson reports on an overwhelming victory for Martin Smith and the central committee
Accentuate the positive
14 Jan 2010
At last the establishment of a left unity electoral coalition has been confirmed by the highly secretive 'core group'. But, asks Mike Macnair, is this unity built on sand?
Email thought crimes and the Left Platform
17 Dec 2009
The SWP central committee has made its intentions regarding the opposition Left Platform crystal-clear, writes Peter Manson. John Rees, Lindsey German, Chris Nineham and their supporters now look set to be charged with 'factionalism' and expelled
Jesus the communist
10 Dec 2009
Laurie McCauley reports on a meeting attended by Christians and communists
Anarchist bombs and working class struggle
10 Dec 2009
David Douglass reviews Louis Adamic's 'Dynamite: the story of class violence in America', AK Press, 2009, pp352, £13
Green and red solidarity
10 Dec 2009
Ben Lewis reports on the green movement protest outside the Iranian embassy in London and the positive reception Hopi received
Splendid talking shop
03 Dec 2009
James Turley reports on the Historical Materialism conference