Letters
Do you read me?; Spitting image; British tint; Lip
service; Bottle stopper; Draw the line; Travel guide;
Reposessed; Sack him; United we stand; 'Plot' shot;
Italian wishes; Class act; Anti-war cry
‘Marxists’
for another Labour Party
The March 19 launch of the Socialist Party’s
Campaign for a New Workers’ Party went according
to plan, writes Peter Manson. The 450 comrades
who signed up to its founding declaration overwhelmingly
voted for the SP’s plans for a Labour Party mark
two.
New
period for Russia
Vladimir Putin’s draconian anti-union legislation
and attempts to stifle the opposition have made life
for the left in Russia extremely difficult in one
sense - but they have also helped it to rebuild. Boris
Kagarlitsky of the Institute for Globalisation
Studies spoke to Tina Becker about the emergence of
a new Marxist left
No to US aggression, no to
Iranian regime
The tasks of the anti-war movement are twofold, argues
Mehdi Kia, co-editor of Iran Bulletin -
Middle East Forum
Galloway
on the airwaves
Carey Davies reports on Talk Sport’s newest
presenter
Flame war reignites
On the eve of this weekend’s anti-war demonstration,
another row has blown up between the two wings of the
Morning Star’s Communist Party of Britain over
its stance on the occupation of Iraq, writes Peter
Manson
New Labour sleaze
merchants
Capitalism inevitably means corruption, says Eddie
Ford
US
‘double or quits’
Three years after the invasion of Iraq, and with Iran
now in US sights, ‘Out now!’ must still
be our main demand, writes Mike Macnair
Tipton trio’s tortuous
trip
Jim Gilbert reviews Michael Winterbottom's The
road to Guantánamo (Channel 4, March 9)
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