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A New Anticapitalist Initiative

A project is launched in Britain, bringing together activists from around the UK in a new network for united action and open debate. Will it succeed where others have failed? Or will…

A critical review of the anti-cuts movement

As we approach the second anniversary of the Coalition government coming to office, Workers Power conference looked back at the movement against austerity – not from the viewpoint of passively…

The anti-cuts movement

As we approach the second anniversary of the Coalition government coming to office, the Workers Power 2012 conference reviewed the movement against austerity – not from the viewpoint of passively…

Unite the Resistance: a missed opportunity

Up to 1000 trade unionists gathered in London on Saturday to discuss the public sector pensions strike on 30 November. But despite hearing some inspiring speeches and gaining a sense…

The politics of the SWP – a Trotskyist critique

This workers power pamphlet shows that far from standing in the tradition of Lenin & Trotsky, the key of the SWP’s politics represent a fundamental break with Trotskyism: on party…

SWP: the road to Respect

The Socialist Workers Party has always rejected the need to build itself on the basis of a revolutionary programme and is now building Respect as a populist electoral alliance, and…

Why socialists should vote yes in the Alternative Vote referendum

The Alternative Vote (AV) system isn’t proportional, but it’s still an improvement on the rotten First Past the Post (FPTP) system, that’s why socialists should be campaigning for a critical…

Socialist Workers Party Left Platform resigns: now get to the root of the matter

The resignation from the Socialist Workers Party of 42 members of the Left Platform, including leading figures such as Lindsey German and John Rees, delivers an important opportunity for SWP…

SWP in crisis: what went wrong?

The biggest left group in Britain, the Socialist Workers Party, suffered a serious setback when its Respect project split in November. Simon Hardy explains the political roots of its crisis…