Number 303

Thursday September 9 1999

RUC storm - Divisions in the ruling class over Ireland are opportunities for revolutionaries

Party notes - Comrades should express themselves frankly at the forthcoming Party aggregate, writes Mark Fischer

Letters - Kosova, Satpal Ram, East Timor

Capitulation to junior imperialism - Marcus Larsen attacks the Austrlian Democratic Socialist Party on its stance over East Timor

Self-liberation or vicarious nationalism - Jack Conrad replies to Steve Riley and renews his call for a democratic approach to the British Irish question

SPEW split on SWP - We reproduce recent correspondence between the Socialist Party and the Socialist Workers Party which provides insight into the current state of Taaffe's organisation

Masterpiece of the coded message - James Robertson reviews Yesim Ustaoglu's Journey to the sun

Creaking state exposed - Chaos following the Turkish earthquake reveals the fragile nature of the Turkish state, argues Aziz Demir