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Weekly Worker 568 Thursday March 17 2005
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Letters
Aussie SA; Dirty work; Hypocrites; Respect
split; Imperialism; Welcome?; Gleneagles; Unison poll;
Undies; Dangerous implications; Keller's Alliance
Which way forward?
 Two
years after two million people marched on London, a demonstration
converges on the capital once again. But what is the future
of the anti-war movement, and which way should it turn,
asks Mike Mcnair
Popular fronts and
why our principles matter
Jack Conrad examines the nature of the
Respect coalition, its shortfalls and why Communists should
within inside it to establish class lines throughout its
political programme
Facts, figures and
factions
 Alan
Stevens reports on the Unison presidential elections,
and the aftermath of socialist candidate Roger Bannister's
defeat
Respect
silent on abortion onslaught
  Abortion
has once again become an extremely sensitive and controversial
question - and a central issue in the forthcoming general
election. Yet so far, reports Anne Mc Shane,
Respect has nothing to say on the matter
Betraying socialism
 Rifondazione
Comunista used to be regarded as something of a model
by sections of the disoriented left. It was one of those
parties of ‘recomposition’. In reality Rifondazione
is a centrist political formation which, after dabbling
in movementism over the last few years, has just opted
to join Romano Prodi’s Olive Tree coalition. Tina
Becker spoke to Franco Russo,
a member of the national committee of Rifondazione Comunista,
about this shameful decision
For
republicanism and marxism
 The
March 12 conference on left unity produced some unexpected
and interesting results. The 59 individuals who signed
up for the afternoon passed two motions bearing on the
future of the socialist unity project that has been
initiated by the Socialist Alliance Democracy Platform.
Nick Rogers reports
Drawing the
class line
With a general election looming on the horizon, communists
should support only those working class politicians
who stand unequivocally against the Iraq war and the
subsequent occupation of that country, argues Mark
Fischer
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