Mistaken identity

It seems I made a mistake in last week’s column when I reported that “an SWPer” had donated a fiver to a CPGB comrade on May Day. CP from east London claims responsibility as an “unaligned SA member”. He writes: “We will be making progress when SWPers start to take more interest in the interesting stuff you write.”

Good point, comrade, and sorry for the mistaken identity. Still, SWPer or “unaligned”, every pound helps.

After April’s boost, when we easily surpassed our Ł450 monthly target, May is continuing along the same path. Ł185 has been received in 10 days. Thanks especially to CM, GJ, LP and FC.

Robbie Rix

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Number 383

Thursday May 10 2001

General election 2001 - 250,000 votes
Peter Manson

Offensive success
Mark Fischer reports on the CP's Spring Offensive

Letters
CRE boost; Adapt to Labour; Obsolete skills; May Day; Bob crowing; Untrue; Christian unrecruit

SWP confusion - Looking ahead
Jack Conrad assesses the significance for the Socialist Alliance of Lindsey German's recent article in Socialist Wrorker

Tommy's tug of war
The RDG's Dave Craig looks at developments in Scotland

General strike 75 years on: part two - Mistakes and mythology
Jack Conrad completes our special supplement to mark the 75th anniversary of the General Strike

And
Waterson under the bridge; Mice and men

CPGB's party-fetishism
Martin Thomas of the Allinace for Workers' Liberty respond to Ian Mahoney

Socialist Alliance reports

• Liasion Committee cancelled - It's the state, stupid
• A candidate's diary
• Brent and Harrow - Reluctant rank and file
• East London - Raising democracy
• Greenwich - Seeds of partyism
• Alliance events

Scargill loses debate on unity
James Bull reports on Scargill's intervention at Teesside's International Workers' Day commemoration