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
Lining up with the establishment
26 Jun 1997
Around the left
Antithesis of communism
26 Jun 1997
Pol Pot and the ‘killing fields’ of Kampuchea are meant to be a lesson in the evils of communism - or so we are told. Eddie Ford points to the true nature of the Khmer Rouge and what it really represented
Signing up for democracy
26 Jun 1997
Bucket loads of hypocrisy
26 Jun 1997
Open Polemic’s Bob Smith, former ‘representative’ member of the CPGB, mounts his charger once again
Speaking for the establishment
26 Jun 1997
Party notes
For an open journal
19 Jun 1997
More Scargill threats
19 Jun 1997
Correspondence between the SLP’s acting general secretary and Southwark councillor Ian Driver
SLP militants unbowed by intimidation
19 Jun 1997
Socialist Labour democracy campaign launched
Road to nowhere
19 Jun 1997
Much of the left is now talking about a ‘crisis of expectations’ amongst the working class. But is there any truth to it? Last weekend the CPGB organised a round-table discussion on this, under the heading, ‘Where now for the left?’ Eddie Ford reports
Edinburgh farce
19 Jun 1997
Dundee tragedy
19 Jun 1997
Scottish Socialist Alliance divided on Scotland Forward
19 Jun 1997
New left dogma
19 Jun 1997
Around the left
Resignation pre-empted
19 Jun 1997
Following the entry into the SLP of several members of the Indian Workers Association, led by the ultra-Stalinite Harpal Brar, the leadership in Southall found itself in a minority, outvoted by new members who seem to see their role as being unquestioning foot soldiers of the NEC. Unfortunately, instead of remaining in position to fight for their beliefs, the branch officers announced their intention to resign. Here we reproduce their rather pathetic letter
Call for left cooperation
19 Jun 1997
The following motion, proposed by comrade Tom Delargy of Paisley SSA, was unanimously passed at the SSA’s annual conference on Saturday June 14