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In safe hands?
Having ensured total control over the organisation of
this year’s European Social Forum, London mayor Ken
Livingstone now wants to make sure that the most important
ESF meetings will be in safe hands too: the list of British
chairs proposed for the plenary sessions reads like a
Who’s who of Livingstone-sponsored organisations,
reports Tina Becker
Emphasising democracy
What kind of party does the working class require in 2004,
70 years after the death of VI Lenin? In this article,
based on his speech to the CPGB’s Communist University
in August, Hillel Ticktin looks at the lessons
for today of Lenin’s What is to be done?
Two-faced pretenders
Anti-war protesters or Thatcherite party? The Liberal
Democrats are all over the place, writes Patrick Presland
Respect and Europe: debating
our tactics
Mary Godwin reports from the latest CPGB members aggregate
Overcoming
division
Phil Hamilton assesses the websites of the Socialist
Party USA
Boycott now, join later
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group
argues that ‘wait and see’ is the best approach
towards Respect
A
constitution thing
Martin Schreader reports from the latest developments
in the US elections
Blair under pressure
Graham Bash, editor of Labour
Left Briefing, assesses the Labour Party conference
and discusses the huge tasks for the Labour left
Tasks and means
With the Constituency Labour Parties in disarray, the
main opposition in the Labour Party comes from the trade
unions - and they are proving unrealiable allies indeed,
writes Ian Mahoney
