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Letters
Principled; Healthy debate; AWL prejudice; Connolly; drug
policy; Come on, Marxists
Turn
talk into action
Ian Mahoney reports about the angry rumblings from
major unions at this year’s Trades Union Congress
Capitalist ‘solutions’
and the rebirth of the left
Politics in Germany have suddenly become interesting,
reports Tina Becker. The SPD could well stay in power
- and the new Linkspartei is gaining both members and mass
support
- Third largest party
Ben Lewis is working with the Linkspartei’s
election campaign. He spoke to Ralph Steinmüller,
a member of the PDS on the Bonn steering committee
Province of crisis
At the heart of the violence in Northern Ireland lies
the institutionalisation of sectarianism through the Good
Friday agreement, writes Anne Mc Shane
In
the shadow of the ‘Man on a White Horse’
The military presence in New Orleans has sinister
implications for the future of the US. But all is not
bleak, writes Martin Schreader
Slow off the mark
Anthony Rose was disappointed by the first national
Respect student meeting
Centenary of struggle
Dave Douglass recommends the new book Wobblies!
A graphic history of the Industrial Workers of the World
Vital debates for unity
Hillel Ticktin, the CPGB's Jack Conrad and A. Canadan
from the Communist Party of Turkey were the main speakers
at a meeting to celebrate the TKP's 85th anniversary.
Mark Fischer reports
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| Robert Mugabe: arm the working class to overthrow
the dictator |
Rebuilding the struggle
The regime of Robert Mugabe has overseen the destruction
of a huge number of self-built houses. At least 2.5 million
people were affected. Yet protests and resistance proved
minimal and muted. There is a crisis of leadership, reformists
dither and the left does not grasp the necessity of a
Marxist programme and the centrality of democracy. Instead,
it is mired in economism and clutches at eclectic, spontaneous
single-issue campaigns. Rosa Zulu, national treasurer
of the International Socialist Organisation of Zimbabwe,
spoke to Peter Manson
