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 On Sunday June 17, the Greek population will march once again to the polls - this time in even more dramatic circumstances. The polarisation of support between the rightwing New ...
How far does John Molyneux’s critique of SWP bureaucratic centralism go? Ben Lewis reports. “We don’t usually do this”, said leading Socialist Workers Party member John Molyneux in his opening on ‘Democracy and the revolutionary party’ at this year’s Marxism. Indeed, when comrade Molyneux spoke rather candidly of a “recent period in the SWP where it ...
Lars T Lih is an acclaimed scholar living in Canada. Ben Lewis spoke to him about his book, Lenin rediscovered: ‘What is to be done?’ in context (2006) and some of the questions it raises for the left in understanding its own history and tradition One of the themes of Lenin rediscovered was Lenin’s closeness to ...
All that was once certain now melts As John Rees launches his long awaited war on the central committee, both factions of the SWP leadership are coming under fire from sections of the membership. Weekly Worker editor Peter Manson reports According to Socialist Workers Party veteran John Molyneux, “a significant democratic upsurge is taking place in the ...