Taxing patience
Gordon Brown’s budget may have brought some relief for motorists and beer drinkers. However, the biggest winners were, as usual, the millionaires and billionaires who protect their riches with every tax-dodging scheme available.
Indeed, in one year the billionaire inventor of the humble milk carton received more money from the British taxpayer that was extracted from him through tax. All thanks to clever bookkeeping.
The Communist Party has no access to the world’s tax-havens. Indeed, we don’t have the funds to make the effort worthwhile.
However, after my unscheduled absence from these pages I have two reasonable weeks to report on. Thanks are due to comrades PT (£40); AT, MC and JP with £15 each; and PF and TO (£10 apiece).
A grand total of £125 over the two weeks which gives us £180 towards our £450 monthly total. That still leaves us with a struggle to make it into the black for the second month running, and - at the risk of taxing your patience - I will remind you once again that we can only do it with your help, comrades.
Don’t delay - send your cheques today.
Robbie Rix
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Number 428
Thursday April 18 2002
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Hamas - Sharon's Palestinian allies
Those on the left, such as the SWP, who turn a blind eye to the reactionary
manifestations of Hamas influence are deluding themselves, argues Ian
Donovan
Letters
SWP joke; Capitulation; Smoke and mirrors; Not marginalised
Scottish Socialist Party: Campaign for a republic
The Scottish Socialist Party has agreed to militantly campaign for republicanism
in the year of the queen’s jubilee. Sarah McDonald reports
What sort of Palestine?
The left can not act as uncritical cheerleaders for islamic movements,
writes Tina Becker
Taking issue with SWP: United front of a
third kind
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group argues against Alex Callinicos’
Socialist Review article and calls for the Socialist Alliance to
become a ‘united front party’
Simon Harvey of the SLP: Thin on the ground
A comrade in Scargill's little party reports on their local election campaign
Left Challenge
Peter Manson surveys the left's intervention the English local elections
Hackney: Make it happen!
Socialist Alliance candidate for Stoke Newington, Anne Mc Shane reports
on the slow start to the campaign
Argentina: Democratic questions for socialists
Christopher Pike assesses the current situation in one of Latin America's
most important countries
Republican counterblasts: Revolution of
the world
After mobilising a million to honour one Queen Elizabeth official Britain
is readying to mobilise for the other Queen Elizabeth’s golden jubilee.
But there is another Britain, an unofficial Britain of revolution and
democracy. Terry Liddle remembers an outstanding opponent of monarchism
Socialist Alliance executive: Debating Palestine
and deepening union
Marcus Strom reports reports on the April 13 meeting
Programmatic confusion
The left must raise the banner of consistent democracy for both Palestinian
Arabs and Israeli jews, argues James Mallory. Under present circumstances
that means a two-state solution
Resistance with responsibility
Mohammed Al Batal is a member of the foreign relations committee of the
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He spoke to the Weekly
Worker about Israeli expansionism, Sharon’s murderous war aims and
the prospect for a democratic settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli
jewish nations
Building for the future
Local elections in England are set for May 2. With Labour reeling from
charges of being in the pay of big business this is the Socialist Alliance’s
most important challenge since the 2001 general election. Rob Hoveman
is the Socialist Alliance’s national secretary. He decided to give written
responses to our questions which he asked to receive in advance
Whose money
Derek Goodliffe of the RMT's grades executive gives a brief sketch of
the recent national conference
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