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
What sort of party do we need? - Mike Phipps
06 Sep 2012
Stay with what exists - Mike Phipps of Labour Briefing gives his view, taken from a talk at Communist University 2012
Her life and her legacy
16 Aug 2012
Mike Macnair asks whether the modern new left use of Luxemburg is part of the problem rather than the solution
Where’s the action?
09 Aug 2012
The Tory-Lib Dem government has not produced a spike in industrial action, notes Paul Demarty. So what should be made of the lefts strike fetishism?
Permanent revolution and the battle for democracy
09 Aug 2012
Ben Lewis reviews: D Gaido and R B Day (editors and translators) Witnesses to permanent revolution: the documentary record Haymarket books, 2011, pp682, £25.99
The passing of a liquidationist scheme
02 Aug 2012
The Anti-Capitalist Initiative is not long for this world. Peter Manson reports on the departure of its largest component
A radical for all seasons
26 Jul 2012
Jim Creegan takes a look at the political life of Alexander Cockburn, 1941-2012
No guide to revolution
19 Jul 2012
Mike Macnair reviews: Iain McKay (ed) Property is theft! A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon anthology AK Press, 2011, pp822, £25
The appeal of Syriza
12 Jul 2012
The left continues to squabble over the merits of the Coalition of the Radical Left in Greece - but, argues Paul Demarty, both sides miss the point
The relevance of Lenin today
12 Jul 2012
Why is the Bolshevik leader ritualistically invoked, only to be demonised? Chris Cutrone of the US Platypus group examines the paradox
No line on architecture
12 Jul 2012
Away from the headline showdowns some of the Marxism sessions saw SWP comrades free to speak their minds (on architecture). Emily Orford reports
Weakening our class
12 Jul 2012
The SWP remains in line behind the nationalists in Scotland, reports Sarah McDonald
Left pessimism and Tony Benn
12 Jul 2012
Tony Benn and the SWP find surprising common ground, their (mis)understanding of the working class, reports Mark Fischer
Fringe 2012
12 Jul 2012
Jan Nolan reports from the CPGB fringe meetings at the SWP's Marxism Festival
Private SWP quarrels and public SWP gagging
12 Jul 2012
The main role of the annual Marxism festival seems to be making new recruits and attempting to buoy up the rank and file. Peter Manson reports
Help us take further steps forward - donate
05 Jul 2012
Mark Fischer reports on a solid first week for our annual fundraising drive and on an important political advance for our organisation