Heartening

"Sorry I missed the August 31 deadline", writes comrade OG, sending in her £15 fund donation. "I very much enjoy reading the Weekly Worker, especially the articles by Jack Conrad. All the best for the socialist alliance!"

It is certainly vital to keep our paper's finances healthy as we prepare ourselves for the September 30 Coventry Socialist Alliance conference and our best effort in the general election campaign.

Thanks also to PT (£20), TD and PH (£10 each). This brings the September total to £240, with £160 still required to reach our target - and double that to make up our summer shortfall.

Robbie Rix

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Thursday September 14 2000

Petrol protests: Jacobin rage   —   Jack Conrad takes the measure of petty bourgeois discontent after those in France showed how

Theoretically disabled polemic   —   Peter Manson reviews Peter Taaffe's Cuba - socialism and democracy

Nader builds third force   —   Roger Dark examines a green-blue challenge to US politics' big two parties
[Nader Campaign info can be found at www.votenader.com]

Letters   —   LSA defiance; LSA slogans; Left mindset; Loaded; Access denied; Barricades; Nation-state; Comintern; Cults

Ernest assessment   —   Phil Sharpe reviews The legacy of Ernest Mandel

LSA candidates in three London areas   —   Reports from Brent & Harrow, Hackney, and Haringey & Enfield