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
No magic bullet
05 Mar 2015
Mickey Coulter reports from the Yorkshire regional committee.
Amendments galore, seats decided
05 Mar 2015
Yassamine Mather reports on the February 28 meeting of the national council.
Aims, deals and recommendations
05 Mar 2015
Jack Conrad reports from the Communist Platform’s steering committee
Arguments about Greens
26 Feb 2015
Here we present two reports about Left Unity's debate around the "anti-asuterity alliance". First Peter Manson reports from Greenwich and Lewisham branch
Bolshevism was fully armed
26 Feb 2015
Were Lev Kamenev and Pravda ‘semi-Menshevik’ before Lenin’s return to Russia in April 1917? Lars T Lih looks at what they were saying a month earlier
A misjudged Bonapartist initiative
19 Feb 2015
Jack Conrad urges LU members to protest against leadership violations of our constitution
Wishful thinking rather than hard truth
12 Feb 2015
Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists was at John McDonnell’s Labour Left Platform roundtable discussion on February 7
Still not too late
12 Feb 2015
It was necessary to confront the defeatism of the left head on at the end of the miners' strike, says Mark Fischer
Did free speech allow the Nazis to come to power?
12 Feb 2015
Eddie Ford criticises the SWP for misunderstanding history and insisting upon the ‘principle’ of no-platforming
A well-ordered militia
05 Feb 2015
The Greens are under attack because of their ‘insane’ attitude towards the army. Meanwhile, observes Jack Conrad, the left continues its cowardly silence
Green-tinted glasses
29 Jan 2015
Despite the membership figures and the hype, notes Micky Coulter, the Green Party's increased popularity is not a sign of good times to come for socialists
What Kate did next
29 Jan 2015
Andy Croft (editor) After the party: reflections on life since the CPGB Lawrence and Wishart, 2012, pp224, £15.99
Dishonesty and opportunism
29 Jan 2015
The comrades are gearing up for a major electoral intervention. But on what basis? Peter Manson attended Tusc’s pre-election conference
Honeymoon or hangover?
29 Jan 2015
Initial euphoria on the left at the electoral victory of Syriza has given way to mixed feelings, notes Paul Demarty - but little sign of rethinking
Not fit for purpose
15 Jan 2015
Jack Conrad shows that the LU constitution internalises trade union defeats and contains self-defeating time bombs