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This
16 page edition of the Weekly Worker is the last
of 2004. Issue 558 will appear on Thursday January 6 2005.
Happy and revolutionary new year!
Letters
Unison challenge; Street power; Brian and Ian; WASG and
Respect; New alliance? Pregnant children
'Thank
god it's them...'
Bob Geldof's charity-mongering is back this Christmas.
Nathaniel Mehr looks behind the hype
Which way for ESF?
The lack of democracy and accountability in the run-up
to this year’s European Social Forum in London has
had the positive side effect of finally provoking sections
of the European left to question the nature and effectiveness
of our cooperation. The ESF assembly in Paris on December
18-19 must now take some serious and concrete decisions
on the way ahead, says Tina Becker
Binge-boozing
Britain
Blair and his government tell us that we should all be
very concerned about the excessive drinking habits of
the British population, particularly at Christmas. Mark
Fischer reckons they are trying to police more than
our alcohol intake
One
state, many opportunisms
Ask a straight, left nationalist question and you get
a crooked answer from the SWP. That is what a recent exchange
between Allan Green, Rob Hoveman and John Rees
appears to show
Opposing the US-UK occupation
and drawing class lines
Cameron Richards reports on the latest aggregate
of CPGB members which discussed our attitude to Resepct
candidates in the forthcoming general election
Greatest
story ever told
Eddie Ford reviews Geza Vermes' The authentic
gospels of Jesus London 2004, pp446, £8.99
Globalisation or
imperialism?
John Ball examines
rival theories which seek to explain recent world history
and how the idea of empire has once again become acceptable
in ruling circles
The Blair-Falconer reform of
the judiciary
The 'modernisation' of the judiciary is aimed at enhancing
its political legitimacy as a bulwark of the right of
private property against political democracy, argues Mike
Macnair
For
the third republic
Martin Schreader looks at the American left after
the re-election of George W. Bush
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