Material for an AWL day school, November/ December 2005, and other stuff on the political differences between AWL and SWP.
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"AWL vs SWP" day school, November/ December 2005
Discussion points for the day school
1. Transitional programme vs fake ultra-leftism
Socialism after Stalinism, by Sean Matgamna, from How Solidarity Can Change The World
The SWP and its "March on Parliament", by Sean Matgamna, from Socialist Organiser 591, 03/03/94
2. Marxism vs "Apparatus Marxism"
The Degradations of Apparatus Marxism, by Jack Cleary, from Workers' Liberty 2/1
3. Striving to be "the memory of the class" vs invention of tradition
Our traditions: where the AWL comes from (document for 1995 AWL conference)
The Great Gadsby: The Paradoxes of Tony Cliff, 1917-2000, from Workers' Liberty 64-5
SWP/ IS: history and myth, from Workers' Liberty 42
Leaflets produced for the SWP's "Marxism 2003" (downloadable pdf files)
After RMT conference: organise the rank and file! plus Crisis in the Socialist Alliance
Solidarity with Iraqi workers!
Should socialists save the pound?
Responses to globalisation: class struggle or Yankophobia?
Leaflets produced for the SWP's "Marxism 2002" (downloadable pdf files)
Should socialists have backed the Taliban?
Solidarity with the Palestinians - but don't line up behind Hamas!
Should socialists save the pound? (no longer on server: 2003 leaflet is similar)
A class response to globalisation (no longer on server: 2003 leaflet is similar)
Leaflets produced for the SWP's "Marxism 2001" (downloadable pdf files)
Neither Washington nor Beijing, but international socialism!
The Socialist Alliance and the labour movement
Socialists and Israel-Palestine
A class response to globalisation (no longer on server: 2003 leaflet is similar)
Items prepared for an AWL day school, July 2000
Abridged introduction to a pamphlet, "A tragedy of the left", published in 1991 and now out of print.
John Bloxam and Colin Foster review 'The Great Strike' by Alex Callinicos and Mike Simons, April 1985.
By Clive Bradley, July 1985.
By Clive Bradley, 1988.
The SWP and British troops in Ireland in 1969
Back in 1969 when the British army was first put on the streets in Northern Ireland, the SWP effectively supported them and opposed their withdrawal.
By Paddy Dollard, January 1987.