Letters
Rightwing SWP; Not racist?; Ludicrous; Fundamental;
Dizzy; Venezuela; What's so crucial; Social language;
Small wonder; Dumped; Facts of life; Islam and rights;
Kat and Cath
Censorship
rally
Hyperbole and irrationality were the order of the day
at Respect’s London rally, reports Mark Fischer
SWP
'racism' fig leaf
The furore following the Danish cartoons has not subsided,
writes Peter Manson. But the position of many
islamic groups - backed up by the Socialist Workers
Party - plays into the hands of islamophobes
Banning bad ideas
David Irving’s conviction for holocaust denial
and three-year sentence in an Austrian prison is not
good news for communists and democrats, say Tina
Becker and Eddie Ford. It is in our own self-interest
to oppose anti-free speech laws and proscriptions, as
sooner or later they will be used against us
Hidden Controversy
Dave Landau, a representative of the Jewish Socialist
Group, attended the Unite Against Fascism conference
on February 18
Class
struggle in the press
Unlike the SWP, Karl Marx upheld the right of even the
most reactionary rightwinger to publish their views,
says Eddie Ford. Communists are not afraid of
the “free competition of ideas”
Revolutionary
strategy and Marxist conclusions
In the second in a series of articles, Mike Macnair
continues his examination of right-moving Ligue
Communiste Révolutionnaire theorists and the
response of the SWP’s Alex Callinicos
Basra quagmire
Yassamine Mather (Iran Bulletin Middle East Forum
and Critique) calls for solidarity with the
Basra oil workers
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