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
Period of complex contradictions
16 Feb 2023
The trend towards an ever more unstable world continues, with the choice between socialism and barbarism being posed ever more starkly. Scott Evans reports
Stoked by government ministers
16 Feb 2023
Kevin Bean reports on the Knowsley riot, its causes and the inadequacies of the economistic left’s responses
Whose constituent assembly?
09 Feb 2023
As the stalemate between the Islamic Republic and the mass opposition movement continues, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, one of the leaders of the 2009 Green movement, has called for a constituent assembly. Yassamine Mather has translated this excerpt from an article by Torab Saleth which deals with the constituent assembly from a leftwing point of view
Resisting the incoming tide
09 Feb 2023
Daniel Lazare pours scorn on the House of Representatives’ utterly incoherent, but revealing, resolution condemning the ‘horrors of socialism’
Barking at the moon
02 Feb 2023
Ignoring the huge catalogue of articles, speeches and resolutions, Daniel Lazare accuses Moshé Machover and the CPGB of silence when it comes to class politics in the context of Israel-Palestine
From Dixon to Carrick
02 Feb 2023
Following the latest scandal involving the Met, Eddie Ford agrees with SWP’s call for the abolition of the police. But then what?
Centrality of involvement
02 Feb 2023
In light of the mass upsurge in Iran sparked by protests against the hijab, Yassamine Mather asked Anne McShane to speak about the lessons of history, in particular the fight against bourgeois feminism in the Second International and the role of Bolshevik women in Russia
Social-imperialism is betrayal
02 Feb 2023
Joint statement
Oil workers join protests
26 Jan 2023
All manner of tiny cracks are opening up at the top levels of the theocracy. Yassamine Mather looks behind the often arcane disputes
Farewell to an inspiration
26 Jan 2023
Obituary: Gustav (Schlacke) Lamche, director and producer for Cinema Action, August 25 1933-January 15 2023
Not equality to compete
19 Jan 2023
Communists should demand special measures to protect women from capitalist exploitation, not ‘genuine equality’ in the workplace. Daniel Lazare investigates the Pump Act
The future is being made today
19 Jan 2023
Veteran Iranian socialist Ardeshir Mehrdad calls for class politics and the mobilisation of the lower depths of society
Shoras, party and programme
19 Jan 2023
Illusions in so-called bourgeois democracy persist - as do illusions in workers’ councils. Mike Macnair stresses the necessity of a mass party
Protests and the bigger picture
19 Jan 2023
Dangers of war are increasing and the masses refuse to be intimidated, but the left is mired in confusion. On January 9 Hands Off the People of Iran hosted an online meeting addressed by Moshé Machover and Mike Macnair. Yassamine Mather opened with these remarks
Look in the mirror
19 Jan 2023
They continue to denounce sexism in state institutions without confronting their own history. Paul Demarty calls for some self-criticism