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
Class versus people’s revolution
17 Oct 2013
The proletariat has a spontaneously collectivist class-consciousness, argues Marc Mulholland. But what implications does that have for the winning of working class power?
SWP: Another dreadful mess
17 Oct 2013
The behaviour of the SWP brings the whole left into disrepute, writes Peter Manson
Communist Platform
10 Oct 2013
Statement of aims and principles:
Left Unity: Communist Platform formed
10 Oct 2013
Mark Fischer on the formation of the Communist Platform
Review: How liberal were the bourgeois revolutions?
10 Oct 2013
Marc Mulholland reviews: Neil Davidson, 'How revolutionary were the bourgeois revolutions?', Haymarket Books, 2012, pp840, £22.99
Luxemburg: Rosa and the republic
10 Oct 2013
Last weekend, Ben Lewis spoke at an international conference in Paris on Rosa Luxemburgs concepts of democracy and revolution. This is an expanded version of his paper
SWP: Leatherites thirsting for a purge
10 Oct 2013
Faced with criticism from two directions, the central committee is desperately trying to limit the damage. Peter Manson reports
Left culture: Politics for dummies
03 Oct 2013
Paul Demarty asks why so many on the left are afraid of talking politics
Left Unity: Well-meaning naivety
03 Oct 2013
Robert Hayes reports on the Manchester policy conference
SWP: At war with itself
03 Oct 2013
The leadership is divided between two competing factions. Meanwhile there is the challenge presented by the official opposition. Peter Manson reports on the growing disarray
Die Linke: Safe spaces task force
26 Sep 2013
A word of warning from Maciej Zurowski for those in Left Unity who wish to emulate the German left party
Safe spaces: Conway-Hudson school of censorship
26 Sep 2013
Paul Demarty defends the idea of free speech on the left
SWP: Treating the symptoms
26 Sep 2013
Attempting to reform the disputes procedure will not cure the SWP of its bureaucratic centralism. Meanwhile, splits have opened up in both the opposition and loyalist camps, writes Peter Manson
Why is the left so afraid of science?
19 Sep 2013
Our struggle to overcome capitalism requires solid scientific foundations, argues Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group
Socialist Platform: Politics of prejudice
19 Sep 2013
The fear of political groups and impatience with political meetings on display at the Socialist Platforms first national meeting are deeply linked - and politically pernicious, argues Paul Demarty