Leadership
The leadership is formed by a central committee, and a national committee. Elections on a slate to the central committee are held yearly at the national conference. As of 2012 the central committee members are: Weyman Bennett, Mark Bergfeld, Michael Bradley, Alex Callinicos, Esme Choonara, Joseph Choonara, Hannah Dee, Charlie Kimber, Amy Leather, Judith Orr, Colin Smith, Martin Smith, Mark L. Thomas and a trade union activist whose name the party withholds to protect them from their employer.
The national committee consists of 50 members elected annually at national conference. At least four party councils a year are to be arranged by the central committee. At these councils two delegates elected from each branch plus the national committee will be entitled to attend.
There is also a national student committee elected from members of Socialist Worker Student Societies.
Other prominent members include: Colin Barker, John Molyneux, Paul McGarr, Michael Lavalette, John Rose, Ian Birchall, Richard Seymour, Mike Gonzalez, China Miéville, Jonathan Neale, Rob Owen, Pat Stack, and Tom Hickey.
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