Letters
Even-handed; Yellow and black; Revolutionary?;
Cretinous twits; Tommy's builder; SSP reaction; Party
fudge?; Liberalism; Dress sense; Seed of doubt; One
state; Mao and then; Syndicalist; Shag locally
Rank and file speak out against
the war
Jim Moody comments on General Dannatt’s remarks
which expose divisions in the ruling class over Iraq
Victims or workers?
At its October 7-8 conference, the Scottish Socialist
Party opposed the unionisation of sex workers and agreed
to support legislation for the sex industry only if
it is “designed to eradicate prostitution”. For the
SSP, the liberation of sex workers must be delivered
from above. Ana Lopes of the International Sex
Workers Union believes differently
Developing a Marxist programme
Mike Macnair continues the debate on what is meant
by a Marxist party and how to campaign for one, begun
by Critique’s call for a conference on November
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Spin,
deception and eclecticism
If there was ever any doubt, Respect’s third
annual conference, held over the weekend of October
14-15, confirmed that the organisation is now indisputably
a Socialist Worker Party front, writes Peter Manson.
Despite efforts to prove the opposite, Respect is
visibly shrinking
