Letters
Biased reporting; Abstract democracy; Fundamental;
Extinction; Wind-up; Quick and easy; Think again;
Reductionist; Ommission; Art theory; Tough position;
Meacher empire
Messenger
or message?
Peter Manson reports from the February 24 Stop
the War Coalition demonstration in London
Confident beginning
Hands Off the People of Iran had its official launch
in Covent Garden following the February 24 anti-war
demonstration. Anne Mc Shane reports
Left decline and May 3
elections
Last weekend’s CPGB aggregate debated our approach
to the forthcoming elections, the Hands Off the People
of Iran campaign and the redrafting of our Draft programme.
Mary Godwin reports
Not the happiest of days
Eddie Ford comments on Britain's 'youth crisis'
and says: stop criminalising youth
ISG
split over Respect
In January, two leading members of the International
Socialist Group, Alan Thornett and John Lister, left
the officers’ group that heads the Respect national
council. Others in and around the ISG-dominated paper/front
Socialist Resistance have quit Respect altogether.
Jim Moody reports
Farcical battle for votes
Elections to the Wales national assembly on May 3
promise to be tale of two battles. The first battle
will, of course, take place amongst the major Welsh
parties for control of the devolved administration;
the other a quite farcical contest between a bewildering
array of left groups fighting it out for the title
of the ‘largest sect in Wales’. Cameron Richards
reports
Fountains
and fireworks
David Sabbagh and Laurie McCauley report
from the University of Sheffield student union elections,
where five members of Communist Students are standing
for office
Fountains and fireworks
Lawrence Parker reviews Raphael Samuel's The
lost world of British communism (Verso, 2006,
pp244)
Roots of modern morality
Born into a wealthy family in Florence on May 3 1469,
Niccolò Machiavelli was educated in the classical
tradition of his class. Later he developed close relations
with the ruling elites both in Italy and other parts
of Europe. He gained a profound insight into statecraft:
how rulers rule. After the Medici family regained
power in Florence in 1512, Machiavelli retired from
political life and took up the pen. Most famous of
all his books was The prince (Il principe) which was
published five years after his death in 1527. It caused
outrage amongst church circles and brought ‘Machiavellian’
into the popular lexicon - a pejorative term for one
who deceives and manipulates others for personal gain.
Gerry Downing seeks to put the record straight
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