The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) conference last weekend was an exciting two days of debates and discussion about how socialists can best understand the world and act to change it.
Martin Smith, the SWP national secretary, introduced a session on "Building the party in the age of mass movements".
The building of political trade unionism was the theme of the discussion on industry, workplaces and neoliberalism.
John Rees, the national secretary of Respect, introduced a discussion about building Respect.
The threat posed by the fascist British National Party (BNP) – and the best strategy for combating its rise – was discussed by party conference on Saturday afternoon.
Important decisions about the future policies of the SWP were taken at the conference. Delegates voted on resolutions about building the party, the anti-war movement, Respect, fighting fascism, and many other issues.
"A critical point for students at Warwick this year in building the Stop the War group was a meeting we held with George Galloway and a really wide platform of other speakers. It was the biggest political meeting held at the university for years.
One argument concerning contemporary fascist movements such as Jean-Marie Le Pen’s National Front in France claims that they cannot be fascist because they do not deploy stormtroopers against the left, blacks and Muslims.
Phil Weinand is training to be a nurse, but he’s also a Tesco worker.
A new photographic history of the US Black Panther Party brilliantly depicts a high point in the struggle for black liberation. Yuri Prasad looks back at a period of hope and anger
The great revolutionary upheavals of the 20th century were marked by a distinctive pattern. Workers mounted mass strikes that originated as or developed into confrontations with the state.
Fascism is not just another form of capitalist authoritarian rule, nor can it be reduced to a tool of big business or finance capital.
