Party & Programme > The left
Another split, another sect
26 Apr 2012
The left must organise on the basis of genuine democratic centralism, argues Ben Lewis
Fascism needs definition
17 Jun 2021
Marxism strives for clarity and telling the truth. Jack Conrad replies to Hasan Keser and Daniel Lazare
Another Venezuela?
10 Jun 2021
Ruling class fears about the new Peruvian president are very likely misplaced, writes Michael Roberts
Story built on lies
03 Jun 2021
David Douglass reviews 'Thatcher vs the miners: the battle for Britain', produced by Harry Bell and Brendan Hughes and broadcast on Channel 5
Wages of tailism
20 May 2021
Unlike others on the left, the SWP at least tries to draw lessons from the failure of Spain’s Podemos. The problem is, Paul Demarty explains, the lessons it draws are hopelessly wrong
Marking 50 years
20 May 2021
Founded by expelled PCI members, Il Manifesto has successfully outlived its rivals. Toby Abse praises the consistent anti-capitalism and pans the Maoist absurdities
No split in army - yet
13 May 2021
Derek James details the brutal response to the mass protest movement in Colombia and what needs to be done to avoid yet another failure
Anti-imperialism of fools?
13 May 2021
Daniel Lazare savages the ‘solidarity with the Syrian people’ petition fronted by disorientated luminaries such as Noam Chomsky, George Monbiot and Ariel Dorfman
Moving to far right
22 Apr 2021
Moshé Machover looks at the dynamics and strange deals that might be done following the indecisive general election
Cowboys and Indians
22 Apr 2021
The AWL’s attempt to claim the legacy of Shapurji Saklatvala is poorly executed and theoretically incoherent, argues Lawrence Parker
American ‘Blue Labour’?
15 Apr 2021
Mike Macnair reviews 'Virtue hoarders: the case against the professional managerial class' by Catherine Liu
Labour’s latest Waterloo
15 Apr 2021
The defeat of the campaign for union recognition at Amazon is not as straightforward as might be thought, argues Daniel Lazare
Nationalist dreams and nightmares
08 Apr 2021
Mike Macnair reviews 'Workers and nationalism: Czech and German Social Democracy in Habsburg Austria, 1890-1918' by JS Beneš and 'The Fiume crisis: life in the wake of the Habsburg empire' by DK Reill
How to be gaslit
08 Apr 2021
Anger is an insufficient response to the Sewell report, argues Paul Demarty. The left needs its own critique of liberal anti-racism
Anti-racism as a straitjacket
01 Apr 2021
Boris Johnson's government boasts of its anti-racism, the UN boasts of its anti-racism, the SWP boasts of its anti-racism. Paul Demarty detects more than a whiff of popular frontism
Blasphemy laws old and new
01 Apr 2021
Freedom of speech includes the right to criticise, explain and even mock, insists Eddie Ford