Letters
Shagged out; Disillusioned; Falsification;
Equality; Name game; Santa specs; Drug tests; Marx
v Engels
Abandoning class politics
The tensions in the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty
over the occupation of Iraq have disappeared from
public view. Yet the opposition has found a new hook
to express its discontent. Ken Crisp reports
Uses and abuses of Jesus
Even in the 21st century Jesus is still a much prized
figure. In this the second chapter of his new book
Jack Conrad shows how Jesus has been used and
abused by almost every political persuasion
Incitement to fudge
Discussions aimed at a united left slate for the National
Union of Students executive are already degenerating
into curious squabbles. James Turley looks
at the issues
Negotiators fail climate
test
Simon Wells comments on the international climate
talks held at Bali
Past, present and future
The struggle to equip the working class with a Communist
Party has been long, arduous but absolutely necessary.
The theme of a talk given by John Bridge at
Communist University 2007
What next for Campaign for a
Marxist Party?
Following the election of a new committee of which
he is a member, Hillel Ticktin gives his thoughts
on the tasks of the Campaign for a Marxist Party
Negative critique and positive
alternatives
Mike Macnair reviews the following books:
- Phil Hearse (ed) Take the power to change the world
(Socialist Resistance, 2007, pp144, £6);
- Michael Lebowitz: Build it now: socialism for the
21st century (Monthly Review Press, 2006, pp127,
£10.95)
- Cliff Slaughter: Not without a storm: towards a
communist manifesto for the age of globalisation (Index
Books, 2006, pp314, £12.99)
