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
Socialist Platform: Principles first, then the masses
12 Sep 2013
Mark Fischer on the differences that have arisen in the SP in the lead up to its first meeting
Programme: Lessons of Erfurt
05 Sep 2013
Was the Second International based on parties of the whole class? Mike Macnair looks at the real history of working class organisation
Left Unity: Self-liberation, not manipulation
29 Aug 2013
Nick Wrack was the second speaker at the Fighting for a mass party session
Marxism online: Reappropriating basic principles
29 Aug 2013
On August 13, the centenary of August Bebels death, a new website was launched - MarxistCenter.com seeks to revive a genuinely partyist Marxism for the 21st century. Geary Middleton introduces this new political and journalistic project
Slander and gossip
08 Aug 2013
In this article, which he entitled Inventive illiteracy amidst petty sectarianism, Gilbert Achcar, a founding signatory of Left Unity, responds to accusations of social-imperialism. Needless to say, a reply will follow
CWI Ireland: Attempt to silence critics
08 Aug 2013
Anne McShane surveys the response to CWI member Craig Murphy's honest and forthright article on the Socialist Party in Ireland
Left Unity: Resistance and socialist change
08 Aug 2013
Seven comrades from the Socialist Platform explain their vision for a Left Unity party
AWL review: Education or training?
01 Aug 2013
Mike Macnair reviews: Cathy Nugent (ed) 'Marxist ideas to turn the tide: readings and reflections on revolutionary socialist strategy'. Phoenix Press/Workers Liberty, 2013, pp138, £5
Socialist Platform
01 Aug 2013
Statement of aims and principles for the Left Unity party
Socialist Party Ireland: Not for the public domain
25 Jul 2013
Craig Murphy, a member of the Socialist Party in Ireland, reports on the resignation of four prominent comrades and the dishonest response of the leadership
Delta resigns: Now the rest should follow
25 Jul 2013
The resignation of Martin Smith was long overdue, argues Peter Manson
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?