Number 222

Thursday January 8 1998

'Peace process' thrown into crisis
The killings in Ireland over the Cristmas period threw the establishment into turmoil. But does it mean the collapse of the whole peace process, asks Jim Blackstock

Party notes - Perspectives '98
Mark Fischer outlines the Party's plans for the coming period

Letters
Stalinist sewer; Messy analysis; Valuable resource

Fighting the drugs war
William Straw has fallen foul of his father's war on drugs. Eddie Ford takes a look

Around the left - Positive direction
Don Preston casts a beady eye

Simon Harvey of the SLP - Where now for SLP democrats?
Comrade harvey looks forward to this Saturday's meeting of Socialist Labour democrats

Facing up to realities
Extract from a discussion paper circulating within Lewisham and Greenwich Socialist Labour Party

Hitting the big time
The organisation formally known as the Revolutionary Communist Party has 'expropriated' three hours of prime-time TV with Channel Four's Against nature. Eddie Ford takes a look

Rapprochement, refoundation and a new tendency
The RDG's Dave Craig writes

Smug complacency
Alan Fox reviews Clyde Wilcox's Onward christian soldiers

Frustration and disgust
Mary Ward reviews Kevin William's Drugs and the party line

Prejudice or racism?
Tom Ball responds to Alan Fox's criticisms

Seize the moment
Danny Hammill welcomes the defection of Labour MEPs Ken Coates and Hugh Kerr

English Socialist Alliance
John Pearson argues against the creation of separate socialist alliances in the UK