Tag Archives: SWP

Orthodoxy and the Left

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Sean Thompson

A few days ago I wrote about how the SWP’s leadership, who endlessly go on about the need to ‘defend the IS tradition’, have over the years coarsened and stultified the organisation’s politics and practice to the point that they … Continue reading →

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The SWP and the IS tradition

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Sean Thompson

One of the recurring themes of the SWP leadership’s current furious efforts to repel the criticisms of an increasing number of its members is the need to ‘defend our tradition’, or ‘defend the IS tradition’. It’s worth taking a look … Continue reading →

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More in sorrow than in anger

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Sean Thompson

Marx famously wrote ‘History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.’ In the case of the ongoing implosion of the Socialist Workers Party, the quote should be reversed. The collapse and fragmentation of the Workers Revolutionary Party in 1985 … Continue reading →

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