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
DSP split over future
01 Dec 2005
Greg Adler, former national executive member of the Australian Socialist Alliance, looks at the dispute within Democratic Socialist Perspective, the dominant SA group
Socialist Worker: is it doing its job?
24 Nov 2005
Dave Crouch expresses disquiet over the relaunched SWP paper
Rightist liquidation threatens
24 Nov 2005
Ian Mahoney reviews the SWP's Pre-conference bulletin
Bizarre, upside-down politics
24 Nov 2005
Peter Tatchell responds to the implied SWP charge of racism and islamophobia against him and Outrage
A dead parrot - not quite
24 Nov 2005
Non-aligned Respect member Sean Thompson expresses his fear that the project is being killed by SWP control-freakery
Decision time for SWP
17 Nov 2005
The Socialist Workers Party is still refusing to take responsibility for two of their members who voted for the scandalous pension deal in the PCSU: Martin John has resigned from the party and no action has been taken against Sue Bond. Lee Rock, national secretary of the PCSU Socialist Caucus, reports
Short-termist and dishonest
17 Nov 2005
Peter Manson looks at the role of the Socialist Party in the public service pensions sell-out
SP rival to Respect?
17 Nov 2005
Joni Wells reports on the Socialist Party's Campaign for a New Workers Party
Reviving left reformism
17 Nov 2005
The Socialist Party in England and Wales is recruiting and in buoyant mood, writes Peter Manson. Its November 12-13 weekend school demonstrated that sectarianism brings short-term advantages
Party discipline no longer works
17 Nov 2005
Elisabeth Gauthier is a member of the executive committee of the Parti Communiste Français. She spoke to Tina Becker about the recent riots in France
Empty platitudes or programme of action
17 Nov 2005
Around 180 people from across Europe attended the November 12-13 'Assembly for a charter of principles for another Europe' in Florence. This charter, which could potentially be a very useful tool for the struggles of the working class in Europe, will be presented to the next European Social Forum in Athens in May 2006. However, the confusion about the purpose and structure of the charter mirrors the political disarray of much of the European left, says Tina Becker
What the French left says
10 Nov 2005
Parti Communiste Français
Rees comes out for Blair's laws
29 Sep 2005
Leaders of the Socialist Worker Party are galloping to the right at a breathtaking pace: John Rees supports the religious hatred laws, reports Mark Fischer
Vote for class independence
28 Apr 2005
Mike Macnair revisits the question of the popular front
Imperialism versus internationalism
12 Aug 2004
In this concluding article, Mike Macnair argues that our most powerful enemy is the imperialist state. That is why communists are revolutionary defeatists