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Why Stalingrad matters today
On the 70th Anniversary of the Victory at Stalingrad, Mark Perryman, explains why this battle and its outcome still matters today. Seventy years ago, 2 February 1943 is the date of the Red Army victory at Stalingrad. From the moment of near-certain defeat the previous year the siege of the city, Hitler’s gateway to success […] Read more »
Let’s give people hope
Now more than ever we need a real alternative, says Jim Jepps. As the NHS is taken apart, as the Coalition comes for disability benefits, as climate change rolls on unabated, as Cameron announces we’re to have decades of war in north Africa – the future can seem bleak. It looks bleaker still if we […] Read more »
Political life after the Communist Party
In 1991, Kate Hudson was one of the leaders of the left opposition within the Communist Party of Great Britain that unsuccessfully attempted to prevent that organisation’s dissolution. Here she writes on political life after the Party. For me, it all began with class. My grandfather, Percy Hudson, worked in the coke ovens at Horden […] Read more »
The break-up of the WRP – from the horse’s mouth
Simon Pirani In the controversy surrounding the Socialist Workers Party, and the way it has dealt with accusations of rape and sexual harassment by a leading member, the break-up of the Workers Revolutionary Party in 1985 has been referred to as a worst-case scenario. Warnings have been issued that, if the SWP is not careful, […] Read more »
LEWISHAM RALLY 6PM 31ST JAN – The Fight is Not Over ! Campaigners commit to ‘upgrade’ their efforts
Going to the Party
Sophie Katz continues the discussion about new parties on the left. It’s easy to make mistakes in Britain about new parties. To my reckoning there have been/are at least 5 such efforts set up in the last 17 years. Nobody has properly documented this experience so far. Everybody on the far left (which now includes […] Read more »
Is the left coming together or falling apart?
Socialist Resistance asks the question on many people’s minds. Recent events on the left give the impression that it is falling apart. Last summer, following George Galloway’s outrageous comments on rape, Respect suffered the resignation of Kate Hudson, Andrew Burgin, Salma Yaqoob, and others. Now, the SWP is tearing itself apart after its leadership tried […] Read more »
Where does the left in Europe stand?
Maxime Benatouil reports on a recent Transform! workshop in Brussels: Gathered in Brussels on 6 December, Transform! members and researchers from across Europe were sharing experiences and debating major issues: Where does the Left in Europe stand? In what direction will the present contradictions and the new political constructions develop? [nl] With a massive decline of […] Read more »
Towards the Alter Summit
Walter Baier reports on the recent preparatory committee meeting in Brussels: Already in December last year a strategy meeting of the organisations preparing the “Alter Summit of the European Peoples” (Athens, 7-9 June) took place in Brussels. The meeting was attended by 75 persons representing 50 organisations from 18 countries. [nl] The preparation meeting was […] Read more »
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