This was written as the Prologue to the Castilian-language edition of Daniel Bensaid’s book on "Trotskyisms" by Miguel Romero a long-time central leader of the LCR in the Spanish state, today a member of Izquierda Anticapitalista. It was translated and published as a contribution towards the report on the balance sheet of party-building experiences in the Dpnish state for the 2013 meeting of the IC of the Fourth International.
The experience of building DS and the PT, from 1979 to the first Lula government
28 May 2012, byJoão Machado was a leader of DS throughout the period in question. This text draws on parts of a written contribution to the Seminar dedicated to Daniel Bensaid, held at the IIRE in January 2012. However, Bensaid’s role in DS’s discussions was not singled out just for that reason – he really played a crucial part, especially in the later period.
Starting anew with the Left Bloc
4 April 2012, by ,This article was first published in the book "New Parties of the Left: Experiences from Europe" from Resistance Books in 2011.
A Failed Refoundation
4 April 2012, byThis text is the first and final chapters by the book of the same name La Rifondazione Mancate published by Edizioni Allegre in 2009.
The Red-Green Alliance in Denmark
17 October 2011, byThis contribution outlining the history of the Red-Green Alliance is taken from the book New Parties of the Left - Experiences from Europe published by Socialist Resistance (Britain) and the International Institute for Research and Education (Amsterdam) in July 2011.
An anti-capitalist left, incompatible with war and neoliberalism
3 May 2008, byIn the light of the Italian right’s big victory in the April 2008 elections, major debates about strategy are breaking out in the Italian left. Here we publish Cannavò’s speech to the December 2007 conference of Sinistra Critica.
Revolutionary organisation and its relationship to building a broad left party
16 January 2008, byWhen revolutionary Marxists engage in complex processes such as building broad left parties, with all the political pressures that entails, it is essential to reaffirm our long-term strategic objective of building a revolutionary party and its meaning for our practice today.
Democratic Centralism and Broad Left Parties
13 January 2008, bySince the beginning of the decade important steps have been made in rebuilding the left internationally, following the working class defeats of the ‘80s and ‘90s and the negative impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Build the extra-parliamentary opposition or join the Left Party?
14 September 2005, byA member of the RSB (Revolutionary Socialist League) in Germany argues the case against joining of supporting the Left Party in Germany.
Reaching Beyond the Fragments
19 June 2005, byPam Currie came into politics through the vigil for a Scottish Parliament, which was maintained for several years in Edinburgh. She was an active member of Scottish Militant Labour, the Scottish Socialist Alliance and subsequently the SSP. Here she gives a socialist and feminist analysis of the challenges facing the SSP.