Letters
Gross distortion; End of the line; Satisfied?; BNP
and change; Enlightened; Previous issue
Extremely
pleasant, but...
Over 35,000 people attended the fourth European Social
Forum in Athens from May 4-7. While the organisation
was generally good and the event enjoyable, the open
question remains: what is the point of this biennial
carnival - apart from deepening divisions amongst
the left in the host country? Tina Becker reports
- Attempt to hijack
Euro demo
The events that took place during Saturday’s
ESF demonstration deserve to be described in some
detail, because the Socialist Workers Party is involved
in a blatant attempt to falsify history. For some
reason, the Greek Social Forum has decided not to
take on the comrades publicly. That leaves the
Weekly Worker to fill this important
gap
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for a picture gallery of the demonstration
Days
of black and red
In the second article on the general strike and its
turbulent background Jack Conrad looks at the
delayed birth of the CPGB and the course of events
from black Friday to red Friday
Unity in diversity
How does the concept of the united front fit into
the struggle for a Communist Party? Mike Macnair
continues his examination of strategy
SWP
failure within Respect success
Peter Manson comments on the results of
the May 4 local elections
Into the dustbin of history
Graham Bash of ‘Labour Left Briefing’
looks forward to Blair’s demise in the aftermath
of the May 4 local elections
US
workers: end of isolation
View from the US left by Martin Schreader
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