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Big people and the small
state
The communist project is about the maximisation of democracy,
and the minimisation of the state, writes Jack Conrad
Letters
Win back Labour; Work through unions; CPGB tails SWP;
Respect for IWCA; Trust Galloway; Hangover; Do us a favour;
Good wishes; Corrections; Al Richardson
Antidote to Blairite lies and deceit
Phil Hamilton investigates the website of London Health
Emergency
Healthcare and moral hysteria
New Labour is proposing to charge failed asylum-seekers
for healthcare. There is more to this move than budget
trimming, argues Jem Jones
Keep quiet about the 's' word
Marcus Strom reports on the recent meeting of the Socialist
Alliance executive
Crumbling like powder
Mehdi Kia, co-editor of Iran Bulletin - Middle East
Forum, on the Iranian earthquake and the fate of the
islamic regime
No expulsions
Anne Mc Shane of the Socialist Alliance appeals committee
welcomes the long overdue dropping of all charges against
the Bedfordshire two
Away with gongs and titles
The British honours system is more than a laughable anachronism:
it sheds light on the nature of our society and the royalist
traditions that underpin it. Dave Craig of the Revolutionary
Democratic Group believes that the recent spate of honours
refuseniks heralds the birth of a republican socialist
party
Divided four ways
There are deep divisions in the leadership of the Morning
Star’s Communist Party of Britain over what attitude
to adopt towards the new Respect coalition. Can its forthcoming
special congress resolve the contradictions? Alan Rees
investigates
Back in Labour fold
The return of Livingstone to his political home raises
questions for the left, writes Ian Donovan
Fair trade or socialism?
Ben Lewis reviews George Monbiot's The age of consent
Thirteen questions
Zoë Simon reviews Thirteen
Jacques Chirac’s Lutte Ouvrière
policemen
Sections of the French left, confused by interlocking
issues of secularism, women’s rights and freedom of expression,
are in disarray over president Jacques Chirac’s plans
to scapegoat the oppressed five-million-strong muslim
minority, writes Peter Manson
