Letters
Principled; People or state?; Social equality; Distinction;
Travesty; Self-abuse; Pathetic
Chávez suffers major
constitutional setback
While the defeat of the Venezuelan referendum has
re-energised the right, Chávez’s constitutional
proposals were, despite his claims to the contrary,
not designed to empower workers, writes Nick Rogers
Sanctions:
a form of ‘soft’ war and preparation for
massive bombing
December 8 saw the launch conference of Hands Off
the People of Iran - an open and democratic anti-war
campaign in solidarity with the peoples of Iran. Chris
Strafford reports on this important conference
Support soldiers who want
out
The war in Iraq and the threat to Iran are class issues,
writes Cliff Slaughter, a supporter of Movement
for Socialism. The anti-war movement needs to go beyond
bigger demonstrations
Ways forward for paper
Mary Godwin reports on the latest members' aggregate
of the CPGB
Shaky SACP tries to steer ANC
Next week the African National Congress holds its
conference, where president Thabo Mbeki is being challenged
for the leadership by Jacob Zuma, who is supported
by a faction of the South African Communist Party.
South African socialist Terry Bell looks at
the financial problems of the SACP and the party’s
role within the ANC
Rank and file reassured
Dave Vincent, secretary of the Greater Manchester
ministry of justice PCS branch, reports on the December
8 conference of PCS Left Unity
Hegel reloaded?
James Turley reviews: Sebastian Budgen Stathis
Kouvelakis, Slavoj Zizek (eds) Lenin reloaded:
toward a politics of truth Durham, 2007, pp334,
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