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Letters
Lucy and Liz; Respect abortion; Another stick; SWP fudge; Who's left?; MAB and BJP; Comparison; Anti-democratic; Gays attacked
Pogrom in Rafah
The Israeli army is carrying out a programme of collective punishment against the Palestinians in Rafah. Thousands of buildings have been bulldozed, males over 16 have been ordered to hand themselves over or become 'legitimate targets', and dozens of Palestinians have been killed. Joe Wills reports.
Tories in exile
In Around the Web, Phil Hamilton visits a website which is, by turns, first scary, then absurd, and finally just plain silly. Take a dip into the world of the UK Independence Party.
Mythical past, open future
How should Marxists classify the Muslim Association of Britain? Is it of the "far right", a sinister clerical-fascist organisation, or is the truth more mundane? Ian Donovan gives some answers.
Imperialists, islamists and communists
In last week's Weekly Worker, Ian Donovan presented his analysis of Iraq, the occupation, the resistance, and the left. This week, Mike Macnair challenges his view, and argues that while the Alliance for Workers' Liberty deserved his criticism for swallowing the line of the British media, comrade Donovan is in danger of sliding into the opposite moralistic anti-imperialism of the Socialist Workers Party.
Torture, class and power
Photographs of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners have put the issue of torture on agenda of the world's bourgeois media. Manny Neira offers a specifically communist analysis.
Pledges and platitudes
A Respect election broadcast for the Greater London Authority was broadcast this week. Peter Manson was somewhat underwhelmed. He also discovers that trying to get hold of a member of the SWP for interview is like trying to nail jelly to the ceiling, and wonders why.
Call for open borders
Respect Euro-candidates Yvonne Ridley and Yunus Bakhsh spoke to 40 gathered at a rally in Middlesborough. Without actually mentioning socialism, they nevertheless managed to express views considerably to the left of the Respect leadership, including support for open borders. Steve Cooke was there.
Polls apart
In seeing red, Cameron Richards replies to the critique of the Red Platform offered by Weekly Worker editor Peter Manson, and argues that Respect marks not only a qualitative break with the SA, but a negation. He also applies the analysis of Tony Cliff himself to the behaviour of his inheritors in the SWP.
Exclusive body language
Why was the Weekly Worker excluded from reporting the AWL 2004 conference? Manny Neira tries to find out in an open, and indeed moving, letter to Martin Thomas of their Executive Committee.
Government and opposition
With only five months left to go before our European Social Forum in London, things are still lagging behind. The latest meeting of the organising committee on May 16 highlighted some of the problems we still face. Tina Becker reports.
Kick 'em when they're down
In his guest column Labour Left View, Graham Bash argues that when Denis Healey starts attacking New Labour from the left, it is time for the real left to go onto the attack. If necessary, they must build anew the party of labour: and not waste time on the "brain-dead sectarianism" of Respect.
CPI(M) treads fine line
The victory of the Congress Party over the hindu chauvinist BJP in the Indian election surprised the world. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) faces a difficult task in building a viable left alternative to Congress, and in promising support to the new government "from outside" may have made its first mistake, writes Eddie Ford.
