CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE
NOVANEWS This is a guest post by Mark Perryman On the eve of the carcrash of last weekend’s SWP conference, which has consumed all the anger and energy of a small fragment of the British Left for the […]
SWP internal committee exonerates senior member of rape
NOVANEWS by Laura It has come to light this week that the internal Disputes Committee within the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) held a hearing to address a rape case involving a young female party member […]
Who Are The Real Terrorist?
NOVANEWS by Paul Balles The US Code defines terrorism as a crime that appears to be intended to (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation […]
Obama’s ‘kill list’ critic found dead in New York City
NOVANEWS Prominent American blogger and computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, who spoke against US President Barack Obama’s “kill list” and cyber attacks against Iran, has been found dead in New York. Police found the body of […]
Ahmadinejad Slams Pressure To Impose Islamic Values
NOVANEWS Agence France Presse Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again spoken out against the use of pressure to impose Islamic values on people, especially university candidates, media reported on Monday. “You cannot impose things by […]
SOCIALIST WORKER ANTI-SYRIA ZIONIST PROPAGANDA
NOVANEWS No end to Syria war, says Assad by Siân Ruddick President Bashar al-Assad of Syria sent a defiant message to the opposition last Sunday in his first public speech in six months. He told […]
Socialist Worker Lies and Deceit
NOVANEWS Julian Assange must face rape charges, not US revenge by Tom Walker Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder being protected by the Ecuadorian embassy in London, appeared on a low balcony last Sunday to […]
SWP's Tom Walker: Why I am resigning
NOVANEWS Tom Walker, (now former) Socialist Worker journalist, argues that the time has come to leave the SWP Martin Smith: cause of much controversy The Socialist Workers Party is in deep crisis – as it […]
What does the SWP's way of dealing with sex assault allegations tell us about the left?
NOVANEWS When it comes to sexual violence, why should progressive organisations be held to different standards? BY LAURIE PENNY 11 JANUARY 2013 An anti-rape protest in India. Photo: Getty How do we deal with sexual violence […]
Ranks of the Socialist Workers Party are split over handling of rape allegation
NOVANEWS Trotskyist group exonerated official because it doesn’t believe in ‘bourgeois court system’ to deliver justice JEROME TAYLOR 11 JANUARY 2013 The Socialist Workers Party was engulfed in crisis tonight over allegations that it set […]