Letters
Lost the plot; Strange omission; Only human; Clear stand;
Police action; Shame on you; Carry on camping; No to
controls; Not all scabs
Democracy in the dock
Fight the BNP but defend freedom of speech too - Eddie
Ford comments
‘Big
brother’ fallout creates divisions
Respect is an inherently unstable political formation,
writes Alec Long. And the cracks are beginning
to show
Rough ride for Rees
SWP leader John Rees was only adopted as a Respect candidate
after strong objections from a sizeable bloc of Bengali
members. But the drive to turn him into a political
celebrity is unmistakable. Dave Jacques resports
Marching towards self-organisation
Emily Bransom reports on a new website set up
by disgruntled soldiers
Left merger still on hold
“An absurd fratricidal war” - this is how
the political magazine Der Spiegel describes the current
difficulties hampering the creation of a new left party
in Germany. But the root of the dispute is not absurd
at all, says Tina Becker: it centres on the important
question of government participation. By employing a
range of bureaucratic manoeuvres, the WASG leadership
is now trying to silence its own opposition that demands
the party take a principled stand against accepting
ministerial posts - while the SWP’s German section
sides with the right
Cuckoos in the nest
The Campaign Against Climate Change looks set to grow
in 2006, writes John Downes. But where is it going
programmatically?
No to war, no to mullahs
Yassamine Mather (Critique and Iran
Bulletin Middle East Forum) comments on the situation
in Iran
Occupation
and oppression
Carey Davies reviews Romans in
Britain, which has again been subject to religious
criticism
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield (ends Saturday February
25)
Financial
appeal - ends on February 28 
