Letters
Lacuna; What's the rush?; Reminder; SSP mish-mash;
Contradiction; Counterrevolution; Delusion; Various
thoughts; Ignorance; Heroes?; Right track; Not so
gothic; Geo-interest; Good for UK; NCADC appeal
Heads
in the sand
Yassamine Mather reports on the Stop the War Coalition's
Scottish conference - which missed the opportunity
to seriously discuss the question of Iran
Let them eat shit
What does the outbreak of avian flu in Suffolk teach
us about capitalist factory farming? Eddie Ford
outlines a communist alternative
Thieves at large
Jim Moody analyses Royal Mail's decision to exclude
new staff from schemes that ensure a retirement payout
based on a percentage of a member’s final salary
Choosing the butcher
With the presidential elections looming and the two
mainstream candidates neck and neck, France’s
establishment looks set to take another step towards
its goal of establishing a stable, two-party system.
Peter Manson looks at the failure of the left
to provide an alternative 
Black face for White
House?
‘Official anti-racism’ has provoked a dialogue
over whether the US is ready for a black president.
Martin Schreader examines the ‘Obama phenomenon’,
which has caused such confusion among many on the
left
Soundtracks for the new American
century
Gordon Downie listened to BBC Radio's Three
Composer of the week (John Adams), February 9
One step forward, no steps
back
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group
outlines his theory of ‘democratic permanent
revolution’
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