Debates on the left

Submitted by AWL on 14 April, 2005 - 8:55

The AWL and the labour movement

The case for a workers' government, from WL45, March 1998
The Labour Party in perspective, from WL28, February 1996.
The rank and file movement we need, from WL40, May 1997
Class and class consciousness, from WL40, May 1997
The AWL and the legacy of Stalinism
The Communist Manifesto and the Russian Revolution, from WL44, January 1998.
In the beginning was the critique of capitalism, from WL16, March 1992.
50 years of the Fourth International, an editorial from WL11, January 1989.
The lies against socialism answered, by Sean Matgamna, 1990.
The Third Camp as history and as living legacy, by Alan Johnson.

The AWL and the organisation of the revolutionaries
An appeal for unity of the working-class socialist left, January 2001
How can the left unite?, from WL52, January 1999

The AWL and the national question
Socialists and the national question by Martin Thomas, June 1993: parts one, two, three, and further reading.
Israel-Palestine: two nations, two states!.
Ireland: a challenge for the left, from WL40, May 1997.
The AWL and imperialism
Marxism, imperialism, globalisation and the "war against terrorism", selected readings.
Militant, Afghanistan and the 'Colonial Revolution' by John O'Mahony, 1985.
The Iraq war of 2003 and its aftermath.
The AWL and the abolition of sexism and racism
When women fought for liberation, from WL49, September 1998.
The roots of racism, from WL54, March 1999.
A programme to beat racism, from WL54, March 1999.
The AWL
The constitution of the AWL.
Introductory Briefing for new members.
Why you should join the AWL!
AWL briefing pack for branch organisers (downloadable rtf file).
The AWL and our history
What we are and what we must become, the document that started it all.
A Brief History of the AWL, from the Basic Education Programme.
The AWL and the Trotskyist left
The left we have, and the left we need, from WL40, May 1997.
The RSL (Militant) in the 1960s by Sean Matgamna, 1998.
Liverpool and Militant, by Martin Thomas.
Workers' Power: lessons for the revolutionary left by Martin Thomas and Jim Denham, 1993.
The WSL - what really happened in the 'Thornett' split? Documents.
Socialist Action - the greatest defeats? Documents 1989-1993.