Disappointing

Our May fund has fallen well short of the £400 target. Despite a last-minute flurry of late donations, the total was well down at £308. This is particularly disappointing, following the success I announced a month ago.

The achievement of (just under) the full £3,000 during our special appeal has enabled us to tackle the urgent upgrading of our computers, but shortfalls in our regular monthly fighting fund inevitably mean digging into our meagre reserves, delaying other necessary changes or skimping on quality - not a happy choice.

Thanks to comrades JG (£25), LP (£20), TF (£15), DG and SD (£10 each). Your gifts at least took us to somewhere near a respectable total.

Number 338

Thursday June 1 2000

Fight for 50+   —   Mary Godwin reports the CPGB aggregate call for general election SA candidates

Tailing nationalism   —   Ian Donovan responds to criticisms on Zimbabwe

Plans for June 11   —   Marcus Larsen, Chair of the LSA, outlines conference issues

No state secrets   —   Maurice Bernal approves anything that casts a ray of light on the work of the special services

Debunking the myth - Part 1   —   Jack Conrad and the SWP's black hole on Scotland

Arthur strikes for Britain   —   Simon Harvey of the SLP looks at Scargill's bureaucratic socialist ideal

Letters   —   SWP censors; LSA success?; Anti-capitalism; RCN slogans; Double jeopardy

The state and capital   —   Chris Jones of the RDG defends the theory of state capitalism