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
Short-termist and dishonest
17 Nov 2005
Peter Manson looks at the role of the Socialist Party in the public service pensions sell-out
Party discipline no longer works
17 Nov 2005
Elisabeth Gauthier is a member of the executive committee of the Parti Communiste Français. She spoke to Tina Becker about the recent riots in France
Empty platitudes or programme of action
17 Nov 2005
Around 180 people from across Europe attended the November 12-13 'Assembly for a charter of principles for another Europe' in Florence. This charter, which could potentially be a very useful tool for the struggles of the working class in Europe, will be presented to the next European Social Forum in Athens in May 2006. However, the confusion about the purpose and structure of the charter mirrors the political disarray of much of the European left, says Tina Becker
Going to conference
10 Nov 2005
CPGB member Dave Isaacson has been selected a delegate to Respect conference
Debates from amongst the wreckage
10 Nov 2005
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group gives his account of the issues involved at this weekend's attempt to launch another Socialist Alliance
Communists tell it as it is
10 Nov 2005
We fight not for some halfway house, for diplomatic peace or for a federal non-aggression pact, writes Ian Mahoney. We fight for principled unity
Lethargic decline
10 Nov 2005
Anne Mc Shane reports from the latest meeting of Hackney Respect, which discussed climate change and chose delegates to Respect conference
What the French left says
10 Nov 2005
Parti Communiste Français
Meat and drink
10 Nov 2005
Ted North reports from a meeting of University of Sheffield Respect Society, which was addressed by George Galloway
Rees comes out for Blair's laws
29 Sep 2005
Leaders of the Socialist Worker Party are galloping to the right at a breathtaking pace: John Rees supports the religious hatred laws, reports Mark Fischer
Vote for class independence
28 Apr 2005
Mike Macnair revisits the question of the popular front
Strikingly modern
31 Mar 2005
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto: Jack Conrad of the Communist Party of Great Britain
A primary programmatic document
31 Mar 2005
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto: Mercan Koklu of the Communist Party of Turkey
The spectre of communism
31 Mar 2005
On December 12 of last year, the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) organised a joint day school on the significance of the Communist manifesto of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. It was held in the apt venue of the Marx Memorial Library in London and the majority of the 60 or so present were from the CPGB and TKP.
Declining capitalism
31 Mar 2005
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto: Hillel Ticktin, editor of Critique