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
Sussex: Autonomists in 'feelgood' attack on SWP
19 Dec 2013
Tom Munday on the turning over of an SWP stall and the burning of their papers at Sussex university
SWP conference: Notes of a delegate
19 Dec 2013
An oppositionist calls for the whole of the left to engage in debate and rethink its politics
Bordiga and the fate of Bordigism
19 Dec 2013
Though he is largely remembered in the context of Lenins polemic against left-wing communism, Amadeo Bordiga remains a towering figure of the 20th century workers movement. David Broder explores his ideas and political record
SWP: Creating a desert waste
19 Dec 2013
For the third time in just over a year, the leadership is drawing a line. Actually, argues Ben Lewis, Charlie Kimber and Alex Callinicos are busily destroying their own organisation
Liquidationism: End of the road
12 Dec 2013
The Anti-Capitalist Initiative is about to fold. Meanwhile the International Socialist Network looks set to splinter. Harley Filben explores the politics of the marsh
Cops, lefts and anarchos on campus
12 Dec 2013
Last week saw an outbreak of student protest. Daniel Harvey reports
Plans for the hard left
12 Dec 2013
Jack Conrad outlines the thinking of the CPGBs Provisional Central Committee
Stuart Hall: Left’s great ‘moving right’ show
05 Dec 2013
Daniel Harvey reviews: Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey, Michael Rustin (eds) 'After neoliberalism? The Kilburn manifesto', Soundings, 2013
Left Unity: Establishing freedom to criticise
05 Dec 2013
Paul Demarty looks at the constitutional fallout for Left Unity post-conference
In praise of the Communist Platform
05 Dec 2013
Text of Jack Conrad's contribution to the Platform debate at Left Unity's conference
Left Unity: Making a safe space for left ideas
05 Dec 2013
Peter Manson reports on the official founding of the latest unity project
Supplement: Left Unity’s contradictory aspirations
28 Nov 2013
A wide-ranging strategic debate has erupted on the left, Mike Macnair conducts a critical examination
SWP: Another split looms
28 Nov 2013
The leadership refuses to accept that there is any truth in opposition criticisms. Peter Manson reviews this years final Pre-conference Bulletin
Left Unity: How to vote at conference
28 Nov 2013
CPGB Provisional Central Committee recommendations
Lukács: The philosophy trap
21 Nov 2013
György Lukács provided the theoretical overkill for the bureaucratic centralism of groups like the SWP, argues Mike Macnair