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Summer Offensive

 

 

 

Weekly Worker 681 Thursday July 12 2007


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Letters
Sincerely wrong; Keep mouth shut; CMP confusion; Find Marxists; Excuse me?; Win and lose; Commodified art; Market quotes; Vulture

Seven long days
Howard Roak
has a few positive developments to report on this year’s fundraising campaign

 

Despair and the fantastic
The London bomb attacks signal the failure of the left, says Eddie Ford

Starting to think
Alan Stevens reports on the very positive conference of the newly established Shop Stewards Network

Stop thuggery in workers’ movement
This year’s Marxism was marred by a disgraceful physical assault by SWP national organiser Martin Smith. Mark Fischer demands the setting up of a workers’ commission to investigate

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Other reports from Marxism 2007

  • SWP and morality
    An ideal opportunity to challenge the SWP leadership over its attitude to Martin Smith’s thuggery came at the Sunday afternoon session aptly entitled ‘Marxism and morality’. Peter Manson reports
  • Strategic thinking?
    Over a thousand people packed into the July 5 opening rally of this year’s Marxism, held as usual in London’s Friends Meeting House. Mark Fischer reports
  • Three faces of SWP
    Phil Kent
    on how the SWP puts on different hats for different purposes
  • Sickening apologetics
    SWP member Naz Massoumi addressed the session entitled ‘Iran - from revolution to rogue state’, reports James Turley
  • Workerist class?
    Chris Harman gave the opening speech in a session entitled ‘How important is class today?’, reports Dave Isaacson
  • Good theorist fallen amongst economists
    Mark Fischer reports on the session with Neil Davidson
  • Complacent indifference
    Peter Manson reports on the session 'Scotland - on the road to independence?'

Anti-imperialism and Tehran
There is a cynically organised media campaign designed to pave the way for further sanctions or selected military strikes. Does that mean we should support the Tehran regime? Speaking at the Marxism fringe, Yassamine Mather - Workers Left Unity Iran - explains the real meaning of anti-imperialism

Green recruits
Steve Cooke
reports on the latest from the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign

Marxism and democracy
Hillel Ticktin was the speaker at the fringe meeting hosted jointly by Campaign for a Marxist Party and the CPGB. Nick Rogers reports

Giving excuses leads to active collaboration
Jim Moody
on a new Iranian TV channel which panders to the Iranian state

Tower Hamlets disarray
Huw Bynon
reports on another setback for the SWP


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