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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
Sow the wind, reap the windbag
03 Nov 2016
Donald Trump is a symptom of the sickness of American politics - but the likes of Hillary Clinton are the cause, argues Paul Demarty
Fake democracy, bad theory
27 Oct 2016
Peter Manson looks at the contents of the Socialist Workers Party's first pre-conference bulletin.
Calling upon imperialism is complete madness
20 Oct 2016
Yassamine Mather delivered this opening to the October 16 CPGB and Labour Party Marxists aggregate
Hitting the jackpot?
13 Oct 2016
Stand Up To Racism looks set to be a big success in SWP terms, writes Peter Manson. But will it advance the cause of the working class?
Boris Johnson’s useful idiots
13 Oct 2016
The Stop the War conference was marked by a pro-imperialist stunt, reports Simon Wells
Internal and external onslaught
13 Oct 2016
Esen Uslu reports on the Erdoğan regime’s ongoing oppression, its Kurdish war and involvement in Syria
Going into overdrive
06 Oct 2016
On the one hand, the Morning Star is supporting Jeremy Corbyn completely uncritically, writes Peter Manson. On the other, it claims the real action is ‘on the streets’
Caving in to the witch-hunt
06 Oct 2016
The targeting of Jackie Walker is a disgrace, writes Tony Greenstein
Syrian disaster
06 Oct 2016
The strategy of allying with the enemy of one’s enemy has plagued the Kurdish opposition for decades. But it is a road to nowhere, writes Yassamine Mather
Enemy of working class
29 Sep 2016
The JLM, like Zionism itself, has no place in the labour movement, argues Tony Greenstein
Front-line dispatch
29 Sep 2016
The rift between the Corbynistas and the right is irreconcilable. Simon Wells reports from Liverpool
Lock up the thugs
29 Sep 2016
Once more, the SACP finds itself on the wrong side of the class divide, writes Peter Manson
Bernstein’s assault on ‘orthodoxy’
22 Sep 2016
Marc Mulholland examines the revisionist attack on class politics and the three most important responses. Clearly this dispute was about more than ‘reform’ versus ‘revolution’
Media: old and new
15 Sep 2016
What is the impact of technology on the mass media? How can the left overcome its marginality in the public discourse? Should we trust Google searches? Paul Demarty addressed the past, present and future of the media at this year’s Communist University
Lexiteers all at sea
15 Sep 2016
Both the Morning Star’s CPB and SPEW advocate immigration controls and socialism in one country, notes Mike Macnair