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
In the footsteps of Lenin
21 Sep 2017
The official CPGB’s leading theoretician, Rajani Palme Dutt, followed the example of Lenin when assessing the reputation of Karl Kautsky, writes Lawrence Parker
Keep up the pressure
21 Sep 2017
Labour’s NEC has opened the door for much-needed change - now the left needs to take advantage of that opening, says Carla Roberts
Rearming the April theses
14 Sep 2017
With the help of some new insights, Rex Dunn argues that Lars T Lih’s continuity theory does not stand up, despite the new evidence he has uncovered
Where next for the ANC?
14 Sep 2017
Are there hopeful signs amidst the poverty and corruption? South African socialist, author and journalist Terry Bell addressed a London Communist Forum on September 10
Nationalism and imperial power
14 Sep 2017
The Kurdish independence referendum is not a welcome development, writes Yassamine Mather
Don’t abandon Palestinian cause
07 Sep 2017
The National Policy Forum wants to end Labour’s opposition to the occupation, writes Tony Greenstein
Left wing of the permissible
07 Sep 2017
As the Democratic Socialists of America begin to make an impact, Jim Creegan analyses the politics of its founder, Michael Harrington
Possibilities and challenges
07 Sep 2017
Are Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn and Marine Le Pen from the same mould? Kevin Bean completes his analysis
Apologists for mass murder
07 Sep 2017
The Morning Star is still in denial about the Marikana massacre, writes Peter Manson
Part and parcel of global capital
07 Sep 2017
Instead of creating illusions in ‘regime change from above’, writes Yassamine Mather, we must offer support and solidarity to workers like Reza Shahabi
Giving 1917 real meaning
31 Aug 2017
Chris Gray reviews: China Miéville, October: the story of the Russian Revolution, Verso, 2017, pp369, £18.99
Lenin refutes a misreading of the April theses
31 Aug 2017
Reproducing a historic polemic
Lenin glosses the April theses
31 Aug 2017
In this fifth part of his series, Lars T Lih focuses on Lenin’s April 21 1917 Pravda article, ‘A basic question’
Pisapia’s deadly embrace
31 Aug 2017
How productive will Italy’s latest ‘left unity’ project turn out to be? Toby Abse investigates
Supplement: The birth of a new system
10 Aug 2017
As well as celebrating the Russian Revolution, says Jack Conrad, we should never forget the counterrevolution