Letters
Harsh words; No value; Kronstadt foam; Uncle Joe
Advances
in Ireland
Hands Off the People of Iran in Ireland held a successful
teach-in on November 10 in Dublin. Anne Mc Shane
reports
- Launch
conference
Hopi’s launch conference on December 8 will have
a unique feature - it will actually be a
conference, not a rally
Devil in the detail
Mark Fischer spoke to both sides of an important
debate at the November 17 Labour left conference
- Interviews
with Martin Thomas, Alliance for Workers' Liberty
and Graham Bash, Labour Left Briefing
More
dangerous than ever
Hillel Ticktin concludes his series on the relevance
of Marxist categories with an examination of the theory
of capitalist crisis and its application to the current
global situation
Socialists for Labourism
With the hostilities in Respect reaching their messy
denouement last weekend, it was almost possible to forget
the rather less fiery Socialism school of the Socialist
Party in England and Wales. James Turley reports
Fight on two fronts
More than 200 people attended the November 17 conference,
‘The first casualty: war, truth and the media
today’, reports Tina Becker. The SWP’s
apologetic position on Iran was very much present,
as were journalists from the Iranian television channel,
Press TV. But contributions from the floor were much
more encouraging
Renewal
of populism
The Galloway version of Respect is taking confidence
from its common anti-SWPism, writes Peter Manson.
But the lack of clarity inherited from its parent
means it cannot be a vehicle for working class advance
Maintaining the pretence
Posing left, pretending to be a victim, but talking
only to itself, the SWP’s rump of Respect could
not raise the tone of its rally-cum-conference beyond
the banal. Not only has the SWP lost around 500 members,
writes Jim Moody, but its leadership has learnt
nothing from the Respect debacle
A rough guide
The Campaign for a Marxist Party holds its reconvened
conference this weekend. Jack Conrad looks
at the main motions, amendments and political issues
Hidden from history
Lawrence Parker, The kick inside - revolutionary
opposition in the CPGB 1960-1991 2007, £4.00
(+ £1.15 postage), pp75
