Weekly Worker issue 947 - January 31 2013
SWP crisis: Professor Callinicos and the dark side
Finally a member of the SWP central committee attempts to defend its conduct. Paul Demarty wishes he hadn’t bothered
By the time you read this, it will be the 11th hour - the eve of the bureaucratically imposed deadline for conference recall motions in the Socialist Workers Party, a diktat which has no basis even in the SWP’s abortion of a constitution.
Letters
Unite scandal; No to cuts; Priorities; Not worthwhile?; Nothing learnt; Camouflaged; Deformities; Productivity; Regression;
SWP:Apparatus gears up for war
This weekend’s national committee meeting looks set to trigger a showdown, writes Peter Manson
CPGB aggregate: Seeking a positive outcome
Michael Copestake reports on the January 26 meeting of CPGB members, where the SWP crisis dominated the agenda
Coal and energy: Walking away from CO2 commitment
David Douglass finds government policy absurd, but not surprising
Europe: Tory civil war deferred
Cameron may have thrown a slab of red meat to the Eurosceptic right, but his problems are only just beginning, argues Eddie Ford
Argo review: How to distract the masses
Jim Moody reviews: Ben Affleck (director) 'Argo', 2012, general release
Kick Inside: Confined within the framework of Stalinism
Paul Flewers reviews: Lawrence Parker The kick inside: revolutionary opposition in the CPGB, 1945-1991, November Publications, 2012, pp118, £6
Israel: Implosion and polarisation
Moshé Machover gives his impression of the Israeli elections
Fighting Fund: Correct me
Robbie Rix checks his sums and thanks our supporters
