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Summer Offensive

 

 

 

Weekly Worker 577 Thursday May 19 2005


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Letters
SWP differences?; Neath Respect; Infiltration; Examples; Not too speedy; Notts bar; Half truths; IWCA rubbish; Local support; Lenin wrong; Kiwi IBT; Irrational

End the drugs war
The established parties continue to criminalise millions of casual drug-users and unfortunately, Respect does not stand out of the crowd. Dominic Smith instead calls for the legalisation of all drugs

Legal aid under fire
Orla Connolly warns that moves to abolish legal aid will hit the poorest the hardest

It’s democracy, stupid
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group argues that the election shows once again the need for a republican socialist party

Imperialism in the dock
Galloway turns the tables on accusers, says Eddie Ford

Secularism, what it is and why we fight for it
Jack Conrad looks at the origins of secularism, pseudo-secularism and how the SWP got very confused over the question

Ideologically wrong, tactically stupid
Liam O Ruairc, a comrade from the Irish republican socialist tradition, continues his examination of the embrace of constitutional nationalism by Sinn Féin and the IRA

Left unity in NZ
Phil Duncan
reports about the developments on the Kiwi left

Spontaneity and consciousness
What sort of party should we be aiming for and how will it come about? Former militant docker Alan Stevens replies to Bill Hunter of the International Socialist League


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Build on it

Out of the blue, a magnificent gift from a long standing CPGB supporter came our way last week - in the form of a £200 cheque “for our fight” from KO. Thank you, comrade - your donation was as welcome as it was unexpected. The comrade asks us to resume sending him the Weekly Worker - certainly, we will: that cheque should just about cover it!

Also through the post came £20 from HD and a fiver each from HL and AM. And at last a couple of contributions via our website (the first since way back in April). Thanks to comrades WT (£10) and CP (£15), as well as to all those mentioned above.

Talking about our website, we had 15,862 visitors to cpgb.org.uk over the past seven days - within a hundred or so of last week’s figure. In recent months the number of hits has been steady at around this number - which is just under twice what we were getting this time last year.

Sorry to go on, though, but we could really do with a few of these extra readers following the example of WT and CP. Our May fund now stands at £305 towards our £500 target. Let’s build on this and ensure we go right through that target.


Robbie Rix

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