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AWL and Galloway; Incoherent; Military support; KLA support;
ESF influence; Refined consensus; Obscene; Britpop; Lost
the plot; Read by the left
Silent
on Springer
Amidst a gay depiction of Jesus, dancing Klu Kulx Klan
members and various other so-called 'blasphemies', Eddie
Ford examines the hullaballoo surrounding the
BBC's broadcasting of Jerry Springer: The Opera
Make
charity history
Millions, shocked and horrified by the damage done by
the Asian tsunami, have dug deep these last few weeks.
It would be very wrong for socialists and communists to
sneer at this effort, says Tina Becker.
But communists also have a duty today to show that in
reality most aid is channelled through government-sponsored
charities and is very likely to reinforce the power structures
that keep much of the world’s population in dismal
poverty
- Charity mongering
Tina Becker criticises the SWP's response
to the Asian tsunami disaster
Marxism,
the general strike and the 1905 revolution
One hundred years ago the workers of Russia shook tsarism
to its very foundations and announced to the world that
revolution was once more back on the agenda. General strikes
were central to these events. Marxist thinkers - crucially
Vladimir Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg - drew profound conclusions,
which, argues Jack Conrad, have today
lost none of their relevance
Judges
condemn Belmarsh (sort of..)
Mike Mcnair unravels the facts and the
controversy surrounding a recent House of Lords decision
against the Government in light of complaints by Belmarsh
detainees.
Divide and rule
Cameron Richards reviews Kenan Malik's
Are muslims hated?, broadcast on Channel 4 last
week
No
return to back-street abortion
Anne McShane reviews the film Vera
Drake, out now on general release
Time of reckoning
Gurharpal Singh, professor of inter-religious
studies at Birmingham University, is author of a number
of studies on the politics of the Sikh minority and
the tensions between multiculturalism and political
integration. He spoke to Mark Fischer
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