Letters
Cuban Stalinism; Mistakes; Political idiot; Exterminism; Not homophobia; Good rules; Achilles' heel; Pro-Bolshevik; Blinkers; Ruffled; Ignorant left; Revo review
Basra shows anti-occupation momentum is growing
What lies behind the spin about the Iraqi ‘government’ attempting to take back control of Basra? Mike Macnair examines the issues
NUS: Right plans defeated ... for now
The National Union of Students annual conference saw a tactical defeat for the right, but the left would be wrong to celebrate too much. Dave Isaacson reports from Blackpool
Financial turmoil heralds return to Keynesianism
What lies behind the current financial crisis? Hillel Ticktin, editor of Critique, spoke to Peter Manson
In the footsteps of Enoch Powell and David Alton
Jim Moody surveys the fight for embryo research from the 1980s to now
An apologist's apologist
Galloway excuses Iran's regime and the ISG fails to condemn him. Alan Morgan reports
Hopi: Cross-Europe cooperation
Tina Becker reports Hopi's recent decisions, including plans for a weekend school in June
Christian origins: the Iranian contribution
Bob Potter takes issue with Conrad's and Gray's omissions of Zoroastrian influence on Judaism
That'll teach him
Dean Jacques reviews director David Slade's Hard candy (DVD, £17.99)
After the Mugabe era
James Turley asks what MDC rule would mean for Zimbabwe's workers