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Letters
CWI Pakistan; Confusing; Popular fronts; Dishonesty; Working
time; PCF advances; SSP and unions; Repudiation; Laughing;
Climate change; Perverse ruling; Respect plague
- Open the borders
Respect conference delegate David Isaacson explains
why he will be supporting resolution 31, which would
committ Respect to "oppose all borders"
- Galloway’s
Churchillian moment
Mark Fischer listened to George Galloway praising
the British armed forces in World War II - “our finest
hour as a country”
- The modern Janus
Respect purports to have something for everyone. In
terms of programme, argues Jack Conrad, that
means the attempt face two ways at the same time
Decision
time for SWP
The Socialist Workers Party is still refusing to take
responsibility for two of their members who voted for
the scandalous pension deal in the PCSU: Martin John has
resigned from the party and no action has been taken against
Sue Bond. Lee Rock, national secretary of the PCSU
Socialist Caucus, reports
Empty platitudes or programme
of action?
Around 180 people from across Europe attended the November
12-13 ‘Assembly for a charter of principles for another
Europe’ in Florence. This charter, which could potentially
be a very useful tool for the struggles of the working
class in Europe, will be presented to the next European
Social Forum in Athens in May 2006. However, the confusion
about the purpose and structure of the charter mirrors
the political disarray of much of the European left, says
Tina Becker
Party discipline no longer
works
Elisabeth Gauthier is a member of the executive
committee of the Parti Communiste Français. She
spoke to Tina Becker about the recent riots in France
Three
activists
The CPGB and its national organiser Mark Fischer featured
prominently in a BBC4 about the protests against the G8
summit in July 2005. Catherin Mason reports
Reviving
left reformism
The Socialist Party in England and Wales is recruiting
and in buoyant mood, writes Peter Manson. Its November
12-13 weekend school demonstrated that sectarianism brings
short-term advantages
We’re small but we’re back
Pete McLaren and Steve Freeman report on
a meeting to revive the Socialist Alliance. Both are officers
in the new formation
