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
A loyal rebel
05 Jan 2006
On the eve of the Socialist Workers Party's annual conference this weekend (January 7-8), SW Kenning looks at what is going on behind the scenes and the official claims of one magnificent success leading to another
Bonapartism or social democracy?
05 Jan 2006
Paul Hampton of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty replies to Nick Rogers and upholds what he calls 'independent working class politics'
We are better than them!
15 Dec 2005
Peter Manson reports from last Saturday's 'international peace confernce' in London, which was more of a rally - and gave no answers as to what the anti-war movement should be doing next
Two-ward timid token
15 Dec 2005
Stan Keable attended the latest meeting of Respect West London - and was surprised by the pessimistic mood of the comrades
Losing the plot
15 Dec 2005
The latest meeting of Respect Hackney underlined the profound crisis of the comrades in the Socialist Workers Party over their role in Respect - they either ignore oppositional voices or they shout them down. Tina Becker reports
Building the new
15 Dec 2005
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group looks at the newly established Socialist Alliance
Chávez and the AWL
15 Dec 2005
Nick Rogers replies to Paul Hampton from the Alliance of Workers' Liberty
One-dimensional Marxism and proposition one
15 Dec 2005
Why does the CPGB accuse the Socialist Workers Party of economism? Jack Conrad explains with a look at the 'where we stand column' in Socialist Worker and the comrades' attitude to nature, ecology and global warming
No to World Trade Organisation
08 Dec 2005
Farooq Tariq (general secretary Labour Party Pakistan) reports about the mass protests against the WTO in Pakistan
Opposition party or coalition partner?
08 Dec 2005
Trouble is brewing in the German Linkspartei. The Berlin regional congress of Wahlalternative (WASG) has just voted against the 'cooperation agreement', which maps out the unification process with the Party of Democratic Socialism (now renamed Linkspartei.PDS). WASG comrades in Berlin also want to stand separately in the 2006 local elections - refusing a joint candidature with the Linkspartei.PDS, which is part of the Berlin government. Yet, writes Tina Becker, Linksruck, the German section of the SWP, has joined forces with the WASG leadership in criticising this decision
Stalinist atmosphere reigns
08 Dec 2005
Our republication of a mildly critical piece from the Socialist Workers Party's Pre-conference bulletin seems to have caused a furious row inside the SWP - at least judging by the reaction of its author, Dave Crouch. Peter Manson reports
Cannonites and the way of the dodo
08 Dec 2005
Despite protests to the contrary, the Australian Socialist Alliance is dead, argues Marcus Ström. The Democratic Socialist Perspective has not broken from its old ways. On the contrary, it shares the same method as the SWP, which led to the closing down of the Socialist Alliance in England and Wales
Up to the top of the hill
08 Dec 2005
The Socialist Worker Party generals have failed the anti-war movement, says Eddie Ford, who looks forward to the December 10 Peace Conference in London
Working class project for Spanish America
01 Dec 2005
Nick Rogers looks at the contradictions in the Bolivarian revolution and calls for the building of workers' unity across the continent to defend and extend the gains won in Venezuela
DSP split over future
01 Dec 2005
Greg Adler, former national executive member of the Australian Socialist Alliance, looks at the dispute within Democratic Socialist Perspective, the dominant SA group