Letters
Digging a hole; Like a shot; Posing; Farce; Spot on;
Socialist bans; Royal 'we'; Forgive and forget; STWC
appeal; Iran bus strike
Rein
in Galloway
George Galloway might think that by paying back part
of his parliamentary salary he can take some of the
wind out of his enemy's sails - but his gesture exposes
again the fact that his appearance on Celebrity big
brother had everything to do with advancing his reputation
as a media personality and very little with Respect
or working class principles, says Tina Becker
What’s principle got
to do with it?
At the 'Defy section 9' conference in Manchester, comrades
from the SWP once again tried to prevent the meeting
from taking a principled position on the question of
immigration, reports Dave Isaacson
Security, control and principled
debate
Does our paper’s fight for transparency in the
workers’ movement play games with “people’s
lives and livelihoods”? A letter from Mike Davies,
a member of the left nationalist group, Cymru Goch,
makes that charge. Mark Fischer replies
No
champion of the oppressed
Socialists should not celebrate Hamas’s victory
in the Palestinian elections. Women and secular forces
will very likely be the first to suffer, says Katherine
Quinn
History of Hamas
An examination of Hamas’s roots, both historical
and political-theological, reveals beyond doubt that
its anti-Zionism and anti-imperialism is programmatically
counterrevolutionary, argues Eddie Ford. Or,
to put it more starkly, in Hamas we encounter a reactionary
ideology of the oppressed
Freedom of speech still in
danger
While Blair’s defeat over religious incitement
is to be welcomed, the new law could still be wielded
against the working class, writes Peter Manson.
That is why it is appalling that George Galloway and
Respect were New Labour’s only allies in the Commons
More
ballots, more bullets
We are approaching the third anniversary of the big
anti-war demonstrations before the invasion. Mike
Macnair takes stock of the anti-war movement and
the current situation in Iraq
Fight for soldiers' rights
Emily Bransom comments on demands by disgruntled
British soldiers to form their own 'armed forces federation'
Revisiting
colonial horrors
Louise Whittle reviews Michael Haneke's stunning
new film Hidden
Two tales of child abuse
Don Williamson reviews BBC's When Satan came to
town, an unsettling documentary about social workers
obsessed with the idea that a whole working class estate
in Rochdale was experiencing ritual satanic child abuse
A
caring Zionism
Carey Davies reviews Steven Spielberg's Munich
Financial
appeal 