Left debates
Marxism and Psychology in 2010
A timely conference just took place in Canada on ‘Marxism and Psychology’. The connection between Marxism and ‘psychology’ is not often made by activists or academics, but the connection is crucial to our understanding of how individual subjectivity comes to be caught up in economic processes under capitalism. We only have […]
Socialist Resistance statement against the banning of the veil
Throughout Europe there is a growing movement that seeks to ban Muslim women who chose to do so from wearing the veil. In Britain today this demand comes mainly from the BNP, UKIP and some individuals on the Tory right. Things though may change for the worse, already the Tory tabloids are stirring on this […]
26Jul2010 | Administrator | 3 comments | Continued
A contribution to the debate on the future of Respect
Respect needs to take itself seriously build itself as a fully functioning party with a comprehensive political platform, engaging in a range of activities. This is the only way to build a political alternative.
I agree with much of what Clive Searle (Respect National Secretary) says in his report on the election results […]
Peter Gowan Memorial Conference
A one-day conference to discuss the contribution and ideas of Peter Gowan (1946-2009), author of The Global Gamble, founding editor of Labour Focus on Eastern Europe, long-standing editor of New Left Review, and Professor of International Relations at London Metropolitan University.
Saturday, 12 June 2010, 10.00 to 5.30, School of Oriental and African Studies, Room […]
Women and Socialism: Learning from History
The coming decade of austerity will hit the oppressed hardest including women, especially working women. As the resistance to austerity cuts develops, the question of how oppressed groups in society can fight against their oppression, and on what basis, could come to the fore as it did during the 1970s. […]
14Apr2010 | Resistance | 1 comment | Continued
If Labour wins the election
Alan Thornett suggests an alternative programme for a Labour government
There has been a remarkable collapse of Tory support in the opinion polls since the end of last year. The Tories ‘bullying’ campaign against Gordon Brown largely misfired and their opinion poll lead has halved. The Lord Ashcroft scandal has not helped them either. There is […]
Defend the right to wear the niqab and burqa
The ban on minarets in Switzerland , followed by the rising tide of Islamophobia in Europe, is a move that Socialists and anti-racists must challenge at all times. Geert Wilder , the Stop Islamification of Europe and the various fascists and racists across Europe all have one agenda, the scapegoating of Muslims to blame the […]
1Apr2010 | Alf Filer | 3 comments | Continued
SWP: Neither ‘rank & fileism’ nor ‘building the party’ beats Labourism
Andy Newman’s article on Rank & Fileism on the Socialist Unity blog is informative with a number of interesting quotations, but it restricts itself to the history of the International Socialist / Socialist Workers Party (IS/SWP) rank and file strategy and its subsequent demise under Tony Cliff’s new ‘build the Party’ line. We do not […]
14Feb2010 | Admin. | 5 comments | Continued
Some Lessons of the Crisis in the SWP
The whole of the left in Britain, from those few still in the Labour Party to far left and revolutionary groups is in crisis. For twenty-five years, since the defeat of the Miners’ strike of 1984-5 we have been mostly on the defensive and the class struggle, measured in strike actions, or TU involvement in […]
5Feb2010 | Admin. | 14 comments | Continued
SR: Respect and the General Election
The Socialist Resistance national committee on January 9 adopted this document by Alan Thornett to respond to Salma Yaqoob’s ideas about Respect’s strategy for the upcoming General Election.
The statement issued by Salma Yaqoob at the end of November, on the approach of Respect and of the left to the upcoming general election, is very useful. […]
The trouble with elected mayors
The campaign by Tower Hamlets Respect for a referendum on having an elected mayor in the borough has refocused attention on the issue of democracy in local government. However, elected executive mayors are generally seen on the left as anti-democratic and tending towards over-concentration of power in the hands one person and a few senior […]
2Jan2010 | Administrator | 1 comment | Continued
Will Bonapartist Foneska outgrow Sri Lankan democracy?
Former Sri Lankan army chief General Sarath Fonseka’s entry into the country’s political arena might alter the geo-political equations in South Asia permanently. The Pentagon-friendly solider might win widespread support from the business community were he to run for president. However, as M K Bhadrakumar points out in the article below, it would have disastrous […]
19Nov2009 | Admin. | 7 comments | Continued
ENA chant offensive slogan and ''EEDL'' while marching through peaceful independent shop area of Brighton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK7n-tP_4hM 
