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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
ISNetwork: Entropy, therapy and eclecticism
18 Jul 2013
The International Socialist Network is still trapped by SWP politics, argues Harley Filben
Not taking into account the specific conditions
18 Jul 2013
Another session on Leninism, another show-down. Sarah McDonald was there
Alex in wonderland
18 Jul 2013
Attempts by the leadership to portray the SWP as the only Leninist organisation in town are totally at odds with reality, argues Ben Lewis
Democratic centralism: The genie and the bottle
18 Jul 2013
If you can loosen SWP restrictions on free debate on one occasion, asks Peter Manson, why not do so permanently?
SWP: How did this bloody mess come to pass?
18 Jul 2013
Marxism, the annual school of the SWP, saw a revamped opposition, reports Mark Fischer
Socialist Appeal: Waiting for the class to move
11 Jul 2013
Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists reports on Socialist Appeals third Marxist summer school
SWP: Opposition flexes its muscles
11 Jul 2013
The leadership got its disciplinary vote, writes Paul Demarty. But then it pathetically backed down
SWP leadership: Laughable history produces laughable results
11 Jul 2013
Jack Conrad argues that the pre-1917 Bolshevik model of organisation should be properly studied and properly understood
Socialist Party/CWI: Rudeness and revolution
04 Jul 2013
The Committee for a Workers International should not insist on micro-managing debates, argues Paul Demarty
LRC: Left in the dark
04 Jul 2013
There are rumours flying around about goings-on at the top of the Labour Representation Committee, the left-Labour umbrella group. Harley Filben peers into an atmosphere of secrecy...
AWL school: Missing the point
27 Jun 2013
Paul Demarty shares some brief thoughts on a session dedicated to debating the IS/SWP and its history
AWL school: Economism and frontist delusions
27 Jun 2013
Mike Macnair was at the Ideas for Freedom school to listen, to learn and to debate
People's Assembly: John Rees and the fragile politics of broadness
27 Jun 2013
Peter Manson reports on the launch of John Reess united front against austerity
People's Assembly: A rough guide
20 Jun 2013
Who is behind the launch of the Peoples Assembly? What are the aims and methods? Peter Manson looks at the personalities, politics and possibilities
Opportunities to grasp
13 Jun 2013
As the CPGB begins its annual Summer Offensive, national organiser Mark Fischer examines the state of the party and the wider left