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Letters
Terrorist poles; Real killers; Conspiracy;
Radical islam; PCSU dispute; Authoritarian; Fascist; Florida
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Terrorism & attacks
on democratic rights
- The main enemy
Orla Connolly comments on the establishment's
response to the shoot-to-kill policy of the police
Why
did they do it?
Eddie Ford examines the motivation of the London
bombers - who were neither simply 'mad' or 'evil', nor
can the war on Iraq explain their actions
- Who inspired them?
Eddie Ford looks at Sayyid Qutb, the inspiraion
of many of today's jihadi groups
SWP forgets Kosova
Today the SWP does everything it can to be seen as the
staunchest ally of muslims in their fight against oppression.
Back in the 1990s, however, it was a different story,
writes Peter Manson
Opportunities open up on the
left
The deep political crisis in Germany offers tremendous
opportunities for the organised left. Unfortunately, the
new Linkspartei looks unlikely to put forward any of the
radical answers needed to overcome it. Instead, the comrades
are bowing to populism, national Keynesian solutions and
their own version of George Galloway. And, just like Respect,
they have great trouble in accepting principled politics
like open borders, says Tina Becker
Fischer defects
In a grievous blow to the CPGB, national organiser Mark
Fischer has decided to bail out and apply for the
vacant post of national administrative secretary of the
Morning Star’s CPB - one of history’s
few examples of a rat joining a sinking ship. To expose
the wretched treachery of this perfidious viper we once
held to our breast, we reprint his application letter
below
Populism,
yesterday and today
Both Respect and Ralph Nader’s election campaigns
are examples of leftwing populism. What lessons can we
learn from the history of populism in the United States?
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