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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
Can the left win over the members?
05 May 2011
National executive candidate Dave Vincent looks forward to the conference of the civil service union
Push for anticuts candidates
21 Apr 2011
PCS executive candidate Dave Vincent explains the main issues in the union's elections
Triumvirate commits to regime change
21 Apr 2011
Imperialist 'mission lurch' sees first troops dispatched. Eddie Ford reports
Principles to shape tactics
21 Apr 2011
In the second of three articles Mike Macnair examines the electoral controversies in the SPD and the views of Marx and Engels
Electoral principles and our tactics
14 Apr 2011
When is it permissible to vote for opportunist or even non-working class candidates? In the first of two articles Mike Macnair begins his examination of the issues
Unlikely bedfellows
14 Apr 2011
In a change of policy that Alex Callinicos calls "entirely consistent", the Socialist Workers Party now supports the same group of Britain-based Iranian exiles that enjoy the backing of the social-imperialist Alliance for Workers' Liberty. Tina Becker reports
Mubarak's detention is due to targeted mass pressure
14 Apr 2011
Far from the revolutionary movement coming to a halt, argues Eddie Ford, new advances are being made
Intervention, not incoherent abstention
14 Apr 2011
James Turley replies to critics of the CPGB's project to transform the Labour Party
Latest irresponsible split from SWP
14 Apr 2011
The defection of Chris Bambery and a section of the Scottish membership highlights systemic failings. Peter Manson reports
Aiming for a party
07 Apr 2011
Anne Mc Shane demands that revolutionaries must put forward ideas that deal with what is really happening in the world
National committee endorses anti-intervention line
07 Apr 2011
The Labour Representation Committee's national committee met in Preston on Saturday April 2, its first out-of-London meeting since the January AGM enlarged the NC to include delegates from local LRC groups. Greater London deputy delegate Stan Keable reports
Stop treating the working class like sheep
07 Apr 2011
General strikes are a tactic, not a strategy. Michael Copestake attends a local meeting of the SWP
Arm the movement with Marxist politics
31 Mar 2011
James Turley reports on a good day in the fight to build resistance to the coalition's austerity
You are useful idiots
31 Mar 2011
The imperialist assault on Libya has rallied many on the liberal and socialist left in its defence. James Turley argues that this makes an anti-imperialist perspective even more urgently necessary
No defence of Benghazi
31 Mar 2011
Gerry Downing of 'Socialist Fight' believes the anti-Gaddafi rebellion is totally reactionary