Number 232

Thursday March 19 1998

Cracks appear in 'Cool Britannia' - The love-in with New Labour has turned sour - and angry, writes Danny Hammill

Party notes - Good morning, judge

Letters - SLP left, witch hunt, Morning Star, London referendum

A double anniversary - From The Call, paper of the British Socialist Party, March 14 1918

Crackdown in Kosovo - Communists must support the demand for independence raised by the Kosovar Albanians, argues Martin Blum

When Robert Griffiths was anti-British road - We reprint extracts from the 'South Wales discussion papers' published in The Leninist in March 1987. This attack on the radical-reformist British road to socialism was lead by prominent CPB member Robert Griffiths.

Haylett appeal stalemate - Ian Farrell reports on the current state of play at the Morning Star

Pawn in Star wars - The SLP's Simon Harvey reports on Scargill's attempted smash and grab raid on the ailing Morning Star

Rosser's dealing with Scargill exposed - We print Scargill's secret March 3 letter to NUJ general secretary John Foster

SACP holds the line - Senior ANC officials have been implicated in corruption and gun-running. Jim Blackstock reports