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
International support there to be won
25 Apr 1996
The seven-month Liverpool dockers’ dispute has gained strength from international solidarity action. This week they are awaiting news from workers in the US, who are putting pressure on ACL, the biggest company that uses the port, to pull out. This would be a major breakthrough for the dockers. Lee-Anne Bates spoke to Terry Teague, one of the dockers’ shop stewards, about how this international solidarity can be built on and generalised for the workers’ movement as a whole
Another step forward
25 Apr 1996
On the offensive
25 Apr 1996
Communist University ‘96
25 Apr 1996
Party notes
For communist unity
25 Apr 1996
May Day is a workers’ celebration of international solidarity and organisation. The May Day march in London for a number of years has been dominated by revolutionaries in exile from Turkey and Kurdistan. This very fact is testimony to the important lessons their history of struggle holds for revolutionaries in Britain. That is why today we have published the draft programme discussion document in Turkish. This document, written by Jack Conrad as a result of a year’s discussion in our organisation, was published in the Weekly Worker (September 21 1995). Today we call on all revolutionaries in the UK to unite in the struggle for Party
Principles of our work in the SMTUC
18 Apr 1996
The Fourth International Supporters Caucus is a sympathising section of the international Trotskyist movement, Usec. It includes Pat and Caroline Sikorski, Brian Heron and Roland Wood, who have made their name as the ‘doorkeepers’ of the Socialist Labour Party. Fisc originated in the tendency dubbed the ‘Fix its’ in Socialist Outlook (International Socialist Group), excerpts from whose document we reproduce below
Unforgiven
18 Apr 1996
Revolutionary democratic road: Russians versus Greeks
18 Apr 1996
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group (faction of the SWP) continues the debate with Paul Cockshott on revolution and republicanism
National utopia?
18 Apr 1996
Discussions have also raged in the Economy group. Here Ian Mahoney criticises the compromise document produced
Constitution for a democratic republic
18 Apr 1996
Following the SLP national meeting on March 2 debates have continued on a number of the policy meetings and documents presented. The ‘Republican Constitution’ working group document reproduced below is a result of those debates and will be presented to the May 4 launch conference
All together for the fight!
18 Apr 1996
From 'The Workers’ Weekly', paper of the Communist Party of Great Britain, April 23 1926
Socialist Worker contradictions
18 Apr 1996
Communist press
Chasing shadows
18 Apr 1996
Bob Smith - For a Permanent Party Polemic Committee