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Letters
Centrist CPGB; Personal; A bit odd; Creature rant; Anti-semitism;
Whose interest?; Who did what?; WRP and Bull; Refreshing;
AWL and imperialism; Iraq resistance; Join later?; Sad
SWP; Revisionists; ESF snouts; Fake Nader
Control-freakery dampens enthusiasm
The European Social Forum takes place in London from October
15-17. But, writes Tina Becker, do not expect any
interesting debates among UK platform speakers at the
plenary sessions. Socialist Action and the SWP have made
sure that only those loyal to their own groups and London
mayor Ken Livingstone will be heard. Rank and file trade
unionists and independent thinkers from Britain will not
be allowed to address the European left
No to the elected monarch
What does Blairs leadership announcement mean in
constitutional terms? Once again, argues Mike Macnair,
it points to the democratic deficit within the UK state
Defend rank and file unity
The left in the Fire Brigades Union fights back against
witch-hunting attacks, reports Alan Fox

Howard clutches at straws
Patrick Presland reports on the Tories' party
conference - where Michael Howard was exposed as having
no rounded programme whatsoever
Islam and the Bolshevik body politic
What should be the attitude of communists towards believers?
Socialist Workers Party member Dave Crouch discussed
the lessons of post-revolutionary Russia in his contribution
to the CPGBs Communist University 2004
Don't
criticise the oppressed
Phil Hamilton takes a look at the websites of the
Workers World Party
Women only and class
Women's liberation is not only a task for women, writes
Elaine Harrison - and argues against women-only
organisations
Back on the rails
Bill Keane reports from Aslef's annual assembly
of delegates
Weimarisation
Martin Schreader reports from the latest developments
in the US elections