The SWP acquires a programme
In recent times the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) has implemented some sharp turns in its political practice. The well-established principle…
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Recomposition in Britain: A reply to Dave Osler
DAVE OSLER writes well and his articles are always interesting to read, but I often find his political analysis less…
The economics of the Left Opposition
John Ross, The Choices for Russia: The Economic Programme of the Left Opposition, Socialist Action, 1996. Pamphlet, £1.50. Reviewed by Bob…
Examining the nightingale’s code
C.P. Lee, Like the Night: Bob Dylan and the Road to the Manchester Free Trade Hall, Helter Skelter, 1998. Paperback, 190pp,…
Undercover: Book review
Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police, by Rob Evans and Paul Lewis, Faber & Faber 2013, 346pp, £12.99…
Abdulmutallab, al-Awlaki, the Finsbury Park Mosque and Andrew Gilligan
The Caldicott inquiry has now cleared University College London and the students’ union Islamic Society of playing any part in converting the…
Gilligan denies anti-Muslim backlash
The Sunday Telegraph of 2 June featured an article by Andrew Gilligan, “The truth about the ‘wave of attacks on…
Andrew Gilligan, Boris Johnson and the Iraq dossier
When Pamela Geller hailed Andrew Gilligan as a “superb investigative journalist” for his exposure of “Islamic supremacism” in Tower Hamlets,…
Syndicalism in South Wales: The origins of The Miners’ Next Step
This article was written in 1987 to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Miners’ Next Step. It was…
The Transitional Programme and the tasks of Marxists today
Sixty years ago, in September 1938, the founding conference of the Fourth International adopted a document written by Leon Trotsky,…