Over the top
The ‘upturn’ must have arrived at last. The papers are full of the firefighters’ strike - not to mention the action by teachers and local government workers in London. And, for good measure, the Weekly Worker has exceeded our £450 monthly fund target, with two days still to go!
There is no doubt that a victory for the firefighters would give the working class movement, for so long in the doldrums, the boost it needs. And that would find reflection in growing interest in the publications of the revolutionary left. For some time we have been reporting more hits for our website and growing sales. Last week’s figure of 6,952 e-readers keeps our total readership at over 8,000. Hopefully this will all be far exceeded as workers’ confidence grows.
However, for the moment only a tiny minority of our readers - whether they take the printed version or follow us on the web - actually demonstrate their commitment by putting their hands in their pocket. Our total for November may now stand at £463, but we are still in deficit for the year as a whole.
Thanks go to FJ (£26), PH (£25) and CM (£15) for taking us over the top, but between now and the end of December we need to raise a total of £571 to see out 2002 in the black. Our November fund ends on Saturday. Post your cheque first class today and it will hopefully reach us in time to reduce that further before we start December’s fund.
Robbie Rix
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Number 458
Thursday November 28 2002
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Strike together against Labour
Tony Blair’s government has thrown down the gauntlet - not only to the
Fire Brigades Union, but to the whole working class movement, writes Peter
Manson
Letters
SWP and SA; SA party; Sloppy Conrad; Kautskyite Conrad; Anti-Sovietism;
My kind of people; Political Tourettes; China; Degeneration; Windsor;
ESF experience; No sweat; Release activists
Fight Blair on all fronts in fire dispute
The firefighters strike has become very bitter and very political. Tony
Blair has made the governments agenda all too clear - breaking the strike,
jobs cuts and less cover. How should the FBU and rank and file firefighters
respond? We canvassed opinions
- Chris Jones, ex-chair, Merseyside FBU: Reject ‘modernisation’
- Matt Wrack, London regional organiser: Clear strategy needed
- Ian Foulkes, Merseyside chair: Not an exception
- Jane Clarke, region 10 treasurer: Free the funds
Leeds, lies and Owen MacThomas - part one
Jack Conrad examines the warped logic of Sean Matgamna's and Martin Thomas's
alter ego
Less republican than others
Are the CPGB and Revolutionary Democratic Group seeking to ‘complete the
bourgeois democratic revolution’? Revolutionary republicans have nothing
in common with Nairn-Anderson, argues Dave Craig of the RDG
CPGB aggregate: Perspectives for advance
Communist Party members met to discuss the firefighters’ strike, Europe,
The Socialist Alliance and Party organisation. Mary Godwin reports on
the deliberations
What is political islam?
Should communists and revolutionary socialists cooperate with groups like
the Muslim Association of Britain? Two CPGB comrades come to opposite
conclusions
Towards accountability
Proposals are circulating the European Social Forum calling for an elected
leadership. Tina Becker reports on this welcome development
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