Letters
Too expensive; Joker; Pro-nuclear; Ridiculous; Threats; Nonsense; Justice; Yawn
Demands to win youth
Discussing an essential component of our programme, CPGB comrades recently
teased out some of the questions around the approach to youth. Jim Moody reports
John Rees must be crazy if he thinks
Londoners will elect Lindsey German to the GLA
The Socialist Workers Party leadership may have marginalised its
internal opposition for the moment. But its strategy has been thoroughly
exposed as an unmitigated disaster. Peter Manson reports on the SWP
conference and the latest developments in Respect
Russia: Revival of class politics
What will the departure of Vladimir Putin as president mean for Russian
politics? What are the prospects for the working class? Boris Kagarlitsky of the Moscow-based Institute of Globalisation Studies outlines his thoughts
and perspectives
Human lessons
Tami Peterson reviews Zarah Ghahramani's My life as a traitor
Bloomsbury Publishing, pp256, £12.99. To be published on February 4
Getting the BNP into perspective
Benjamin Klein responds to critics on no-platforming and argues that the
left must learn to think if it is ever going to establish a movement that
can really challenge our main enemy
Union policy through the ballot box
How can union members be won to a left political alternative? Dave Vincent, PCS
secretary of Greater Manchester ministry of justice branch, writing in a personal
capacity, takes issue with the union’s general secretary
In defence of Popper
Is Karl Popper an example of “intellectually dishonest
anti-Marxism”? Bob Potter replies to Jack Conrad
Reject compulsory education to 18
Jim Moody argues for full adult rights at 16, including the right to leave
full-time education
