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Another split, another sect
26 Apr 2012
The left must organise on the basis of genuine democratic centralism, argues Ben Lewis
Scottish socialist alliance: Building a revolutionary party
08 Feb 1996
Saturday’s Scottish Socialist Alliance meeting is Glasgow is an important political event. The meeting will be presented with proposals from the organisation’s Steering Group designed to deepen and extend the unity of the SSA’s constituent elements. Scargill’s initiative on the Socialist Labour Party has pushed important forces on the left in England and Wales into seriously discussing the key question of building an alternative to Blair’s ‘new’ Labour. In Scotland, however, organisations like Scottish Militant Labour, the Socialist Movement, Liberation (left wing of the Scottish National Party) and others had already established a common front. At the meeting on Saturday, comrades - including from the Communist Party of Great Britain - will move towards even closer unity in a common organisation. This is a very welcome development and the CPGB sends its best wishes to the conference for a successful and positive discussion. On the eve of Saturday’s important debate, Mary Ward - leading member of the Communist Party in Scotland - gave us her views on the way forward.
Keep it coming
08 Feb 1996
Party notes
Kent Socialist Alliance
01 Feb 1996
Manchester SLP launch
01 Feb 1996
Reform or revolution?
01 Feb 1996
Scottish Socialist Movement AGM
Debate poses need for communist unity
01 Feb 1996
Last Sunday the Communist Party hosted a debate with the Independent Working Class Association on the need for common action among revolutionaries
High road, low road
01 Feb 1996
Bob Smith - For a Permanent Party Polemic Committee
Where now for SLP?
01 Feb 1996
The Communist Party worked for as big a vote as possible for the Socialist Labour Party’s Brenda Nixon in the Hemsworth by-election despite many disagreements with the platform she stood on. However, the campaign in itself represents something historically significant
Hicks clique survives challenge
25 Jan 1996
New possibilities
25 Jan 1996
Strikes in France
Against conservatism
25 Jan 1996
Teething problems
25 Jan 1996
Bob Smith - For a Permanent Party Polemic Committee
Socialist Workers Party - Canadian style
25 Jan 1996
January 10 saw a major split in the Canadian International Socialists. Below we reprint an edited version of a resignation letter - signed by Sue Ferguson, David McNally, Alan Sears and Deborah Simmons - which took the form of an ‘Open letter to members of the International Socialist’, dated December 28 1995. Though we do not necessarily agree with all their conclusions we feel it is important that all divisions in our movement are debated out openly, in print. We welcome replies from IS or SWP members