The SWP crisis

The main documents so far on the crisis in the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), 2013.

• SWP internal bulletin for 10 March conference, March 2013
• "The formation of the SWP": Workers' Liberty 3/38, 27/02/13
• The SWP crisis: resolution from AWL EC 15/02/13, discussed at AWL NC 15/02/13
• The SWP's "good old days", Solidarity 12 February 2013
• SWP opposition comment on special conference call, 9 February 2013
• SWP CC calls special conference for 10 March, 9 February 2013; CC publishes list of 500 SWPers backing its statement, 15 February 2013
• "Statement of Democratic Renewal Platform": "we welcome the creation of a broad, united faction... We pledge to work constructively inside the faction for its declared aims, and urge other comrades to join and work alongside us". 8 February 2013
• "In Defence of Our Party": faction document signed by many longstanding SWPers, 8 February 2013 (a few days later they published a list of 389 members supporting their statement)
• The SWP: where did it all go wrong?: excerpts from Tom Walker's diagnosis, and comment, 6 February 2013
• According to a Twitter post, the opposition got only 9 votes out of 50 at the SWP National Committee, against motions mandating the CC to expel opposition figures: 3 February 2013
• Open Letter from Germany to the Opposition in the SWP by Florian Wilde, 31 January 2013
• Open letter to SWP from trade unionists, 31 January 2013
• "The SWP and 'Leninism'", Solidarity and Workers' Liberty, 30 January 2013
• ISO-USA on SWP crisis, 30 January 2013
• "Is Zinovievism finished?": reply to Callinicos by SWP oppositionists, 29 January 2013
• "Is Alex Callinicos finished?": reply to Callinicos by an SWP oppositionist, 28 January 2013
• "Is Leninism finished?" Polemic by Alex Callinicos, 28 January 2013
• "The SWP: where did it all go wrong?" by Tom Walker, 27 January 2013
• Open letter to SWP from academics and writers, 26 January 2013
• "Where will SWP opposition go?", Solidarity and Workers' Liberty, 23 January 2013
• "Anti-semitic slur on SWP critics of Martin Smith", Solidarity and Workers' Liberty, 23 January 2013
• SWP opposition blog, launched 20 January 2013
• "SWP: the case isn't closed", Solidarity and Workers' Liberty, 16 January 2013
• "How I was expelled from the SWP (IS)", Solidarity and Workers' Liberty, 16 January 2013
• "Response to attacks on the SWP", by Charlie Kimber, SWP website, 14 January 2013
• "Crisis in the SWP", by Richard Seymour, 11 January 2013
• "Why I am resigning", by SW journalist Tom Walker, 10 January 2013
• "The SWP crisis: politics without oxygen", Solidarity and Workers' Liberty, 9 January 2013
• "Faction fight in the SWP: the oppositions' documents, and the leadership's reply", AWL website, 4 January 2013
• Background discussion on SWP politics, from the AWL website
• "The Paradoxes of Tony Cliff, 1917-2000: A Critical Memoir", by Sean Matgamna
• "Alex Callinicos and the future of the SWP": Workers' Liberty 3/33