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
Preventing domination
06 Nov 2003
Tina Becker reports on latest developments in the bid to bring the European Social Forum to London
At the crossroads
30 Oct 2003
Sooner or later the Socialist Workers Party faces a choice between strategically counterposed perspectives which have developed within the ranks of its leadership, argues Mike Macnair
Alliance or party?
30 Oct 2003
Phil Kent reports about the school organised byt the newspaper 'Resistance'
Splits and coalitions
30 Oct 2003
Josh Fontes reports about the Australian left
Socialist Alliance: Manning quits
30 Oct 2003
Comrade Margaret Manning resigned from the EC on October 6 - and has attempted to keep this matter a 'private concern'. Martin Blum thinks not
Lukács and reification
30 Oct 2003
Liam O Ruairc responds to Mike Macnair
Why SWP boycotts local social forums
23 Oct 2003
A 'credible' alternative?
23 Oct 2003
The SWP's majority bloc has no confidence that socialism can win a mass audience, says Mark Fischer
Party notes
23 Oct 2003
Jack Conrad takes a closer look at the new Peace and justice campaign
Control-freakery provokes 'rival' bid
23 Oct 2003
Tina Becker has the latest news from the European Social Forum
Democracy not 'justice'
23 Oct 2003
Do Salma Yaqoob's and George Monbiot's 'Principles of unity' provide a solid basis for a common political programme? Mike Macnair thinks not
Open up London ESF bid
16 Oct 2003
Another week, another secret meeting to discuss the proposal to host the European Social Forum 2004 in London. Tina Becker was there
Class politics not electoralism
16 Oct 2003
It looks as though the Socialist Workers Party's hopes for a cross-class 'peace and justice' coalition to contest next year's European and Greater London Authority elections are alive and well after all. Peter Manson reports
Allure of centrism
16 Oct 2003
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group calls for a republican workers' party
Agreeing to disagree
16 Oct 2003
Sean Matgamna of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty demands to know the politics on which a new workers' party would be based. Is ideological consensus a requirement for unity? Manny Neira argues not