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Correspondence with a Syrian socialist

The Syrian left, like the left generally at the moment, is weak and marred by many of the problems familiar with the British left - reformism, nationalism, popular frontism etc. Nonetheless, the left across the Arab world is beginning to organise and discuss the way forward. Syria is no exception, and communists worldwide can only welcome ...

Marxism 2011: The situation is excellent …

Harley Filben heard a debate initially consisting of filling in blanks As part of its (often basically nominal) commitment to revolution, the SWP arranged a bloc of three Marxism sessions devoted to that subject. The first saw SWP veteran Colin Barker give some answers to a fundamentally important question - what is a revolutionary situation? His ...