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
Breathtaking hypocrisy
18 Dec 1997
Black section uproar
18 Dec 1997
Peter Manson reports on the SLP congress
Royston’s day fails to dawn
18 Dec 1997
Tatchell outraged at homophobia in SLP
18 Dec 1997
Fight on all fronts
18 Dec 1997
A delegate’s view
18 Dec 1997
Simon Harvey of the SLP
The Russian Revolution and ourselves
18 Dec 1997
From 'The Call', paper of the British Socialist Party, December 20 1917
For a revolution in the SLP!
18 Dec 1997
Party notes
Message to SLP members
18 Dec 1997
Agreed statement of 57 congress delegates and observers
Three men, 3,000 votes
18 Dec 1997
Delegates at the December 13-14 congress of the Socialist Labour Party in London's Conway Hall were stunned to learn that they were powerless to change the party’s policies or constitution. The block vote of a single trade union affiliate swamped those of 114 Constituency SLPs
Fight homophobia
11 Dec 1997
The issue of gay rights is a controversial one in the SLP. Here Peter Tatchell speaks to Mark Fischer about the fight for gay liberation
One route?
11 Dec 1997
Ronnie McDonald was general secretary of offshore union Oilc from 1992 until his retirement from the post in January. Peter Manson asked him about his decision to join the SLP earlier this year
Socialist Labour conference: Factions square up
11 Dec 1997
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group (faction of the SWP) weighs up the balance of forces in the SLP
German students streik
11 Dec 1997
PDS: Germany’s SLP?
11 Dec 1997
The German PDS is viewed by some as a sister organisation of Britain’s SLP. Others contrast this ‘party of recomposition’ favourably to Scargill’s party, citing a broader, more inclusive democracy. PDS member Kathrin Becker examines the reality