Paul Demarty
Articles by Paul Demarty
Tories: Return of the repressed
May 23 2013
For the first time, this coalition government looks structurally unsound - but its collapse would shift politics to the right, argues Paul Demarty
AWL: Pull the other one
May 16 2013
In response to Left Unity, the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty has sent a counter-proposal to most of the far-left organisations. Paul Demarty replies
Ukip success: Not just a protest vote
May 09 2013
Ukip’s success at the county council elections reflects its voters’ prejudices, but also long-term alienation from official bourgeois politics, argues Paul Demarty
SWP no-platformed: Self-inflicted injury
May 02 2013
The annual Marxism festival is running short of big names - but the SWP has encouraged the culture of boycotting problematic people, argues Paul Demarty
Gender quotas: The two souls of tokenism
April 25 2013
The gender imbalance in left groups cannot be cured by bureaucratic means, argues Paul Demarty
Feminism: The world of women, like the world of men, is divided
April 04 2013
Paul Demarty calls for the unity of men and women in the fight for the self-liberation of the working class
Leveson and media: Long live the free press
March 28 2013
It is possible that the new press regulations will be dead on arrival - and just as well, writes Paul Demarty
SWP and no platform: Meanwhile, in the real world ...
March 21 2013
The intensifying feminist offensive against the far left is the bitter fruit of our collective political mistakes, argues Paul Demarty
Unreason all the way down
March 15 2013
The National Union of Students no-platforms George Galloway, Galloway sues the NUS, the left talks nonsense throughout and Paul Demarty wonders what the hell is going on
SWP and feminism: Rape is not the problem
March 14 2013
Red-baiting and feminist attacks on the SWP must be resisted, in spite of everything, argues Paul Demarty
SWP special conference: Divided they fall
March 07 2013
The Socialist Workers Party leadership is attempting to divide the opposition. Taking the bait would be suicide, reckons Paul Demarty
SWP crisis: Silence of the lambs
February 28 2013
The ‘softly, softly’ approach of the Socialist Workers Party opposition contrasts with the leadership’s aggression, argues Paul Demarty
SWP crisis: Lynch mobs and lèse-majesté
February 21 2013
The Socialist Workers Party leadership is fighting a dirty war. Unfortunately, writes Paul Demarty, nobody seems to have told the opposition
In Defence of Our Party: timidity in the face of provocations
February 18 2013
We publish a report of the caucus of the SWP's opposition faction, and the disappointingly soft approach they look to be taking in the struggles to come
SWP crisis: Twilight of the idols
February 14 2013
The central committee has once again failed to reassert control. But dirty tricks are inevitable, writes Paul Demarty
Left press and the SWP: The dog that didn’t bark
February 07 2013
The silence of significant sections of the left on the Socialist Workers Party crisis is a symptom of sectarianism, argues Paul Demarty
SWP crisis: Professor Callinicos and the dark side
January 31 2013
Finally a member of the SWP central committee attempts to defend its conduct. Paul Demarty wishes he hadn’t bothered
SWP opposition: Seymour in Greece
January 24 2013
He may have been propelled to the vanguard of the SWP opposition - but it is not immediately clear what Richard Seymour’s politics actually are. Paul Demarty looks for clues
SWP crisis: Opposition emboldened as demand for recall grows
January 17 2013
The leadership can no longer lead - but a positive outcome to the crisis requires more than the removal of the entire CC, argues Paul Demarty
SWP conference: Comrades in the SWP, rebel!
January 10 2013
The central committee was delivered a body blow at this weekend’s conference - but for dissidents the fight must go on, argues Paul Demarty
Gay marriage: Compromising with bigots
December 20 2012
The marriage equality law is now a shambles - because David Cameron’s government is hostage to incorrigible reactionaries, argues Paul Demarty
Starbucks tax: A system built for playing
December 13 2012
The Starbucks tax fiasco tells us much more about Britain than greedy corporations, reckons Paul Demarty
Leveson report: The dog that didn’t bark
December 06 2012
The recommendations of the Leveson report are worse than the status quo, argues Paul Demarty - but not by much
Women Bishops & CofE: Irrelevant? If only
November 29 2012
The Church of England’s failure to accept women bishops is embarrassing, but solutions short of disestablishment are absurd, argues Paul Demarty
BBC crisis: Child abuse and desperate diversions
November 22 2012
Sections of the bourgeois press are attempting to conceal their own crisis by hammering the BBC, writes Paul Demarty
Obama election: Return of a rational reactionary
November 08 2012
The absence of a viable working class alternative means American voters are treated as fools, argues Paul Demarty
Tories: Revenge of the nasty party
November 01 2012
David Cameron once liked to pose as a compassionate Conservative, writes Paul Demarty. But no longer
Scotland: Independence from what?
October 25 2012
The Scottish National Party’s support for Nato confirms Alex Salmond as a canny bourgeois politician, argues Paul Demarty
Jimmy Savile: Establishment’s dirty little secret
October 18 2012
The establishment furore over the Jimmy Savile scandal has more to it than is being let on, reports Paul Demarty
NUS: Unreason all the way down
October 11 2012
The National Union of Students no-platforms George Galloway, Galloway sues the NUS, the left talks nonsense throughout and Paul Demarty wonders what the hell is going on
One nation: Labour turns blue
October 04 2012
Ed Miliband invoked the legacy of Benjamin Disraeli in order to embrace the agenda of Blue Labour, argues Paul Demarty
Remorse and retrenchment
September 27 2012
The big story from the Liberal Democrat conference is Nick Clegg’s apology for raising student fees - but his party is as wedded to the Tories as ever, argues Paul Demarty
Handling the truth
September 20 2012
Establishment mea culpas over Hillsborough have shocked many - but there are more skeletons in the closet, writes Paul Demarty
Pushing the button
September 13 2012
The Julian Assange furore is about war, not sex, argues Paul Demarty
A textbook paranoid narcissist
September 06 2012
As Julian Assange divides a confused left, Paul DeMarty seeks clarity
Honour among thieves
August 16 2012
Recent frictions in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition are an object lesson in the cynicism of bourgeois politics, argues Paul Demarty
Where’s the action?
August 09 2012
The Tory-Lib Dem government has not produced a spike in industrial action, notes Paul Demarty. So what should be made of the left’s strike fetishism?
Where is the left?
August 02 2012
As Syria descends into bloody chaos, confusion lingers on, writes Paul Demarty
Another American tragedy
July 26 2012
Paul Demarty takes a look at the confused issue of arms in the USA
Olympics and the perversion of sport
July 26 2012
Are the Olympics the high point of a sporting religion? Harley Filben investigates
The appeal of Syriza
July 12 2012
The left continues to squabble over the merits of the Coalition of the Radical Left in Greece - but, argues Paul Demarty, both sides miss the point
Diamond in the rough
July 05 2012
The latest scandal to hit the banking sector could become truly explosive, writes Paul Demarty
The school as straitjacket
June 28 2012
Michael Gove's plans to ditch GCSE exams are socially regressive - but, writes Paul Demarty, so is the obsession with examinations itself
Taking up extreme opposition
June 21 2012
The victory of the troika's patsies in the Greek elections should be met with determined class resistance - across Europe, argues Paul Demarty
Be careful what you wish for
June 14 2012
As the next Greek elections loom, Paul Demarty takes a look at the lines being taken by the left and the current controversy in the SWP
None of the above
June 07 2012
Calling on Egyptians to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood is insane, argues Paul Demarty
How to learn nothing
May 31 2012
The emergence of a programme from the Occupy movement has caused a flurry of debate on the ACI website, Paul Demarty decides to join in
Syriza in the spotlight
May 24 2012
For a long time it was almost unknown outside Greece - but now the world's eyes are on Syriza. Paul Demarty examines the new thorn in the troika's side
The abuse of abuse
May 17 2012
It is the social decay caused by capitalism, not race, that leads to acts of horror, says Paul Demarty.
Round one to Miliband
May 10 2012
Labour is obviously pleased with the outcome of last week's local elections - but the government is not as weak as it looks, writes Paul Demarty
Murdoch bites back
May 03 2012
The News International owner has his moment of revenge on David Cameron writes Paul Demarty - but the establishment is the real victim
Crisis and creeping despair
April 26 2012
From the killing spree by a lucid yet paranoid Anders Breivik to the increase in private and public suicides in austerity Europe Paul Demarty asks, what is capitalism doing to our minds?
Charities up in alms
April 19 2012
George Osborne's tax changes have been criticised for threatening charity in this country - if only, laments Paul Demarty
The creep of the secret state
April 12 2012
Paul Demarty takes a look at the latest moves towards greater state monitoring of electronic communication
Racism as thoughtcrime
April 05 2012
In the light of the jailing of Liam Stacey for making racist comments on twitter about footballer and recent heart attack victim Fabrice Muamba , Paul Demarty takes a look at official ant-racism and the attitude of Marxists.
The long view
March 29 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
Fur flies over Lenin
March 22 2012
What has the debate over 1912 got to do with current communist practice? James Turley answers the philistines
Occupational hazards
March 15 2012
As the St Paul's protest camp continues its transformation into a respectable pressure group with mainstream support, James Turley draws a few lessons
Silencing voices
March 08 2012
Workers Power is again embroiled in internal disputes. James Turley asks why it insists on hiding its internal differences
Syria: In imperialist sights
March 01 2012
With Syria in the sights of the imperialists and the bourgeois media, James Turley wonders where the Left and anti-war movement is.
Murdoch fights back
February 23 2012
Despite the imminent launch of a sunday edition of The Sun the relationship between the press and the politicians will not quite be the same, says James Turley
Free Abu-Qatada
February 16 2012
The rights and freedoms of Abu Qatada must be protected, no matter how politcally odious he personally may be, says James Turley.
Better dead than Fred
February 09 2012
The recent bout of hand-wringing over bankers' bonuses conforms to the general pattern of bourgeois hypocrisy, argues James Turley
Taking the Chinese road
February 02 2012
This week, Dilma Rousseff, the president of Brazil, makes her first state visit to Cuba. James Turley sees another step from Stalinism to capitalism.
Science and the square wheel
January 26 2012
James Turley is not impressed by the resurfacing of 'male aggression' myths
Climax of tartan nationalism
January 19 2012
The Scottish independence referendum is a choice between Westminster and Berlin, argues James Turley - yet the left offers no alternative to nationalist illusions
A load of old balls
January 12 2012
Racism persists in society - but, as recent scandals show, serious analysis has been replaced by moral hysteria, argues James Turley
The other worlds of sci-fi and fantasy
December 22 2011
How do science-fiction and fantasy help us understand reality? James Turley investigates
Cameron in the court of King James
December 22 2011
The prime minister's speech on the King James Bible ticks every reactionary box going, argues James Turley
Europe and the delusions of leftwing nationalism
December 15 2011
David Cameron's veto is a dangerous blunder, argues James Turley - so why does the left reproduce Tory stupidity on the EU?
Islamist election successes have lessons for left
December 08 2011
Socialists need to play the long game, argues James Turley
Nothing to contribute
December 01 2011
The Durban conference on climate change is likely to be even more useless than its predecessors - James Turley argues it is time to serve notice on capital's stewardship of the environment
Democracy against capitalism
November 24 2011
The ascension of self-styled technocrats to political power is the latest proof that capitalism is antithetical to democracy, argues James Turley
Carrot and stick
November 17 2011
Francis Maude's idiotic '15-minute strike' suggestion reveals a disquiet at the heart of the government, argues James Turley
Patriotism and pyromania
November 10 2011
Police action against 'poppy-burners' reveals the murky chauvinist undercurrent to Remembrance Day, argues James Turley
Waking the dead
November 03 2011
A Tory MEP has attracted derision for his loopy beliefs in the paranormal - but he is merely the tip of an iceberg of absurd mumbo-jumbo, argues James Turley
An inconvenient execution
October 27 2011
The death of Gaddafi will not bring freedom to Libya, argues James Turley
A global act of refusal
October 20 2011
The Occupy movement has energised politics, writes James Turley. But we must face up to the limits of spontaneity
Cuts and cat-fights
October 06 2011
The Conservative Party's annual conference produced a lot of empty rhetoric, a few concessions for the right and one clanger from the front benches, writes James Turley - but no surprises
Shoot the messenger
September 22 2011
Bourgeois political power is not as unassailable as they would like us to think. Our rulers can be relied upon, periodically, to split. James Turley looks at the botched attempt of the Metropolitan Police to use the Official Secrets Act
Ten years of blood and fire
September 08 2011
The anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks coincides with a resurgence in 'liberal interventionism'. James Turley evaluates the bloody harvest of both
Fall of desperate regime
September 01 2011
Anti-imperialism does not equal pro-Gaddafi, argues James Turley
Labour debate: repackaging of a tenuous argument
August 11 2011
James Turley responds to Chris Strafford
A regulator with teeth: are you crazy?
August 04 2011
There is no ahistorical code of 'press ethics' which can come out of this farrago, writes James Turley
Politics of press freedom
July 28 2011
Rather than relying on bureaucratic solutions, argues James Turley, the left needs a dynamic approach to the media
Death in Wapping
July 14 2011
The News of the World scandal has revealed the true relationship between the media and politicians, writes James Turley
Scotland: Independence fight looms
July 07 2011
Scotland is not an oppressed nation, declares James Turley
Real attempt to learn the lessons
June 30 2011
The 'Towards a New International Tendency' statement marks a step forward, notes James Turley
Nato paralysis and US decline
June 16 2011
No candidate to replace the USA exists or looks likely to arise, writes James Turley
Real democracy needs organisation
June 09 2011
Collective discipline is absolutely fundamental to majoritarian politics, writes James Turley
Faith, flag, family, socialism?
June 02 2011
'Blue Labour' is the latest fad to enrapture the leadership of the Labour Party. James Turley probes into its appeal for 'Red' Ed
Democracy against 'privacy'
May 26 2011
The wooden spoon goes to the Alliance for Workers' Liberty, writes James Turley
Hacks versus celebrities
May 19 2011
James Turley argues that a whole cultural-ideological system needs to be overcome
Who's afraid of George Galloway?
May 12 2011
The open letter urging no vote for the Coalition Against Cuts list was understandable, but badly wrong, writes James Turley
The fall of the Murdoch empire?
April 21 2011
As the News of the World phone-hacking scandal grows, the corruption underlying the bourgeois state becomes ever more obvious, argues James Turley
Intervention, not incoherent abstention
April 14 2011
James Turley replies to critics of the CPGB's project to transform the Labour Party
No united front with Gaddafi
April 07 2011
Those who are waiting for a 'pure' opposition will wait forever, writes James Turley
You are useful idiots
March 31 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
Arm the movement with Marxist politics
March 31 2011
James Turley reports on a good day in the fight to build resistance to the coalition's austerity
Cracks in state apparatus
March 17 2011
We have to face the full social role of the police squarely, writes James Turley
No champions of democracy
March 03 2011
David Cameron's gun-toting trade tour is a much-needed reminder of imperialism's real interest in the Middle East, writes James Turley
Despised by the Tory right
February 24 2011
James Turley says that Kenneth Clarke is telling his party exactly what it does not want to hear
Renewing solidarity
February 17 2011
James Turley reports on the annual conference of Hands Off the People of Iran
Divisive dead-end
February 10 2011
Should the left 'defend multiculturalism'? James Turley looks at the reactions to David Cameron's weekend speech
Ruling sexism offside
February 03 2011
James Turley argues that those wishing to rid the world of the sexist idiocy of Andy Gray and Richard Keyes must set their sights higher
The pull to the left
January 27 2011
Ed Ball's promotion to shadow chancellor gives Labour the Keynesian option, argues James Turley
Masses in revolt
January 20 2011
The people have succeeded in sending one dictatorial president packing. But the old regime remains intact. James Turley argues for a pan-Arab revolution led by the working class
Against the politics of purity
January 13 2011
There is certainly no way around Labourism, argues James Turley
Extended rally gives leadership free rein
January 13 2011
The central committee brushed differences under the carpet at the Socialist Workers Party annual conference. James Turley reports
The fear of unity
December 16 2010
Eager for ammunition, the SWP has delighted in the NSSN's looming split. James Turley reports
The second death of Liberal England
December 09 2010
The weakness of the Liberal Democrats benefits the Tories more than the workers' movement, argues James Turley
Police kettle student protestors yet again
December 02 2010
James Turley discusses the critical problem of organisation in the student movement
Harness the anger: the anti-cuts movement we need
November 25 2010
James Turley looks ahead to the Coalition of Resistance conference and warns against the lack of democracy and a clear programme
After Millbank: the way forward
November 18 2010
Communists have no truck with cowardly and hypocritical condemnations, writes James Turley
The two souls of socialism
November 11 2010
Trade union politics was the main dish at Socialism 2010, the Socialist Party's annual school. James Turley reports
The lying game
November 11 2010
Yes, Phil Woolas lied through his teeth - but they all do, including the Liberal Democrats. Eddie Ford looks at the Oldham East ruling
Snub to Labour machine
November 04 2010
Lutfur Rahman has garnered support from some sections of the left, writes James Turley
No united front here
October 28 2010
Unfortunately for Clegg, Osborne has not managed to get away with it, argues James Turley
The history boys
October 14 2010
We need to go beyond liberal criticisms of Tory and neo-Liberal views of history, writes James Turley
The band played on
September 30 2010
Lib Dems are underwriting a government of crisis, writes James Turley
Slow death of Cuban 'socialism'
September 23 2010
The capitalist road is the only one open to an isolated Cuba, writes James Turley
Strike back against the empire
September 16 2010
Place newspapers in the hands of journalists and printworkers, demands James Turley
Trouble in the fourth estate
September 09 2010
Murdoch, Coulson, et al are being handled with kid gloves, writes James Turley
Not so green shoots
September 02 2010
Capitalism will survive until it is consciously overthrown, writes James Turley
Expel the collaborators
August 26 2010
James Turley questions the nature of Labour as an organisation
Coalition threatens Lib Dems with oblivion
July 29 2010
The 'Brokeback' speech by David Davis casts light on the possible demise of the Liberal Democrats in the 2015 general election, argues James Turley
Seeking out a path to the right
July 08 2010
Marxism 2010 provided, among the usual array of celebrity guest speakers in the 101 sessions, a chance to gauge the current state of Socialist Workers Party politics, writes James Turley
Reclaim the game
June 24 2010
A festival of sporting genius, or an incitement to chauvinism? James Turley looks at the contradictions of the football extravaganza
Fresh thinking and stale dogma
June 10 2010
Another split on the left leads to questions being raised about what passes for 'democratic centralism'. James Turley looks at the travails of the IMT
Prostitution: decriminalise, not prohibit, not legalise
June 03 2010
Amidst talk of a 'new Yorkshire Ripper' James Turley calls for a principled approach to sex work
Diane Abbott splits left
May 27 2010
Communists want to see the Labour Party completely transformed, writes James Turley
The new bullshit
May 20 2010
David Cameron's 'new politics' are a degraded version of the old, argues James Turley
Europe and the Greek contagion
May 13 2010
The crisis in Greece is bound up with the global capitalist downturn. Instead of a nationalist response there could be an international fightback, writes James Turley
The right to be offensive
April 29 2010
Creeping censorship must be opposed - even if feelings get hurt, argues James Turley
It was right to put safety above profits
April 22 2010
James Turley argues that there is more to the Eyjafjallajökull volcano than disruption to tourists
A taxing dilemma
April 15 2010
The dispute over taxation shows the bourgeois establishment's poverty of ideas, argues James Turley
Vote for Labour anti-cuts, anti-war candidates
April 08 2010
Prepare for a political fightback, writes James Turley
Darling promises to be the kinder butcher
April 01 2010
With Tory confusion on the economy, the general election looks to be very close, writes James Turley
International fightback, not 'race to the bottom'
March 25 2010
Elementary workplace struggles demand to be generalised, writes James Turley
Rehabilitation not revenge
March 18 2010
James Turley takes on the reactionaries whipping up hysteria over the age of criminal responsibility
The politics of bribery
March 11 2010
The Tories are showing themselves up as the party of corruption, says James Turley
Resistance must not be isolated
March 04 2010
Withdrawal calls reveal lack of strategy, writes James Turley
Storms and teacups
February 25 2010
Both the media and bourgeois politicians want us to concentrate on personal strengths and weaknesses. But that is not the main issue, argues James Turley
Establishment impotence fuels climate denial
February 18 2010
Capitalism and sustainability do not mix, says James Turley
Oil-slick divisions
February 11 2010
International Marxist Tendency has suffered a damaging split. Not a new phenomenon, notes James Turley
Honesty and narcissism
February 04 2010
James Turley looks at Tony Blair's performance before the Chilcot enquiry and the futile search for a smoking gun. Britain's alliance with the United States is the real culprit
Quake: no act of god
January 21 2010
Millions around the world were appalled at the death and devastation in Haiti. James Turley puts the calamity into context
Trouble at the top
January 14 2010
More than corruption revealed in Northern Ireland, writes James Turley
Blind, dumb logic of capitalism
January 07 2010
James Turley reviews Mark Bould's and China Miéville's new book 'Red planets: Marxism and science fiction' (Pluto, 2009, pp293, £19.99)
Public-spirited marching and the anti-system threat
December 17 2009
James Turley looks at the mixed messages from the media about the Copenhagen demonstrations
In another world
December 10 2009
Alistair Darling's pre-budget report includes a 'supertax' on bankers' bonuses. James Turley calls for more
Splendid talking shop
December 03 2009
James Turley reports on the Historical Materialism conference
Metaphor for neoliberalism
December 03 2009
Dubai collapse points to continuing crisis, writes James Turley
Political response needed
November 26 2009
James Turley expects a sudden rise in the pitch of industrial struggle after the general election
The fight gets ugly
November 19 2009
What does the SWP majority think democracy looks like? asks James Turley
The working class intellectual and the apparat
November 12 2009
James Turley offers an appreciation of the life of Chris Harman, 1942-2009
Uncanny detective story
November 05 2009
James Turley reviews China Miéville’s The city and the city London 2009, pp312, £17.99
Whatever happened to those green shoots?
November 05 2009
Once again, says James Turley, it has not been a good couple of weeks for Alastair Darling and Gordon Brown
BNP contradictions
October 15 2009
James Turley reviews Nigel Copsey’s Contemporary British fascism Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp264, £19.99
New vision for Europe wanted
October 08 2009
James Turley argues that the bourgeoisie is incapable of uniting Europe on any secure basis
Anti-BNP class-collaboration
October 01 2009
The left’s spluttering response to Nick Griffin’s invitation to appear on Question time reveals a floundering political strategy, argues James Turley
Islam and Rushdie
July 30 2009
James Turley reviews Kenan Malik’s From fatwa to jihad: the Rushdie affair and its legacy Atlantic, 2009, pp266, £16.99
Abstention or intervention
February 12 2009
After the victory by the Lindsey wildcat strike, James Turley draws some lessons
'Official anti-racism' cracks again
September 18 2008
The accusations of Tarique Ghaffur against the Metropolitan Police have given the lie to the state's 'liberal' PR, argues James Turley
Return to Marx
August 07 2008
James Turley reviews Mike Macnair's 'Revolutionary strategy' November publications, 2008, pp204, £7.99
The campus and the state
April 24 2008
James Turley argues that students have an antagonistic relationship with college authorities
Multiculturalism and the working class
March 20 2008
BBC's White season promotes division, says James Turley
Sunshine Stalinism ends?
February 28 2008
James Turley looks at the mixed response of the left and the prospect of a 'Cuban Deng'
Politicising the Olympics?
February 21 2008
The renewed furore over China's hosting the 2008 summer Olympics says more about the bourgeoisie than Beijing, argues James Turley
Rowan Williams and SWP lies
February 14 2008
In Respect, Chris Bambery lied again and again. Secularism 'justifies' islamophobia, advocating secularism plays into the hands of those 'deliberately stoking up' islamophobia, etc. Yet now his Socialist Worker demands separation of church and state, writes James Turley
Conway scandal silence
February 07 2008
They just keep on coming - yet another financial scandal ripples through Westminster. James Turley looks at the facts, the lessons and the embarrassment of the SWP
Hain and working class morality
January 17 2008
James Turley calls for accountability of elected representatives
Oxford Union and 'free speech'
November 29 2007
The decision by the Oxford Union debating society to give a platform to BNP leader Nick Griffin and holocaust denier David Irving provoked national controversy. James Turley digs through it all and argues for a particular application of the 'no platform' tactic
Socialists for Labourism
November 22 2007
With the hostilities in Respect reaching their messy denouement last weekend, it was almost possible to forget the rather less fiery Socialism school of the Socialist Party in England and Wales. James Turley reports
A load of old Balzac
November 15 2007
Is there such a thing as a 'Marxist art'? James Turley takes issue with Hillel Ticktin
National fetishes
November 08 2007
It is that time of year when almost every public figure wears a plastic poppy, to commemorate the casualties of war. James Turley inquires into the roots and role of this practice
In the footsteps of WRP?
November 01 2007
The pro-Iran apologetics at the Stop the War conference brought back unsavoury memories of Gerry Healy's 'Libyan gold'. James Turley examines the history
Plumbers and teachers
October 25 2007
James Turley is not surprised that 10 years of Labour rule have not created a "classless society". But does class still matter?
Booze, fags and turkey twizzlers
October 11 2007
On October 1, it became illegal for under-18s to buy tobacco. James Turley comments
Sickening apologetics
July 12 2007
SWP member Naz Massoumi addressed the session entitled 'Iran - from revolution to rogue state', reports James Turley
SWP "relative autonomy"
May 25 2007
James Turley reviews Alex Callinico's Universities in a neoliberal world (Bookmarks, 2006, pp41, ?2)
Controversy and comradeship
April 26 2007
Comrades from diverse political backgrounds gathered at the University of Sheffield over the weekend of April 21-22 to discuss revolutionary theory, strategy and practice at the CPGB-organised Communist University North. James Turley and Jamie Linney report
Mountains out of molehills
February 08 2007
Leading the Alliance for Workers Liberty's typically slippery response to our coverage of the Socialist Youth Network launch conference reveals an organisation in crisis and rapidly moving to the right, says James Turley
No anti-communist witch-hunts
January 11 2007
Members of Communist Students have been banned from a new 'open' socialist youth organisation set up by supporters of the John McDonnell campaign. James Turley and Tina Becker report
No bans on christian fundamentalists
November 23 2006
James Turley reports on the bureaucratic attempt to ban Exeter university's christian student society
