Legalise, not reclassify
Communists see no reason to make any drugs illegal, writes Jim Moody
Mirage of bourgeois democracy
The crushing of workers’ opposition and suppression of the Kurds shows that the state has not relaxed its grip. Esen Uslu examines the situation in Turkey against the background of economic crisis and military plot
Donkey economics and islamic martyrdom
Continuing her examination of Iran and the islamic regime, Yassamine Mather looks at the theocracy’s political economy
How not to win friends
Peter Manson argues for a tactical change in our attitude to the Church of England
In the middle
Mary Godwin reports CPGB Draft programme discussion on small businesses
Rebranding exercise flops
As expected, the Reclaim the Campus conference on May 17 did not cohere the student left around a worthwhile set of principled politics. Instead it was a rebranding exercise for Education Not for Sale, the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty’s student front. Ben Klein reports
Referendums, the army, and bloody counterrevolution
Charles de Gaulle and his regime seemed finished. His referendum call fell flat. But behind the scenes he plotted with army commanders. Jack Conrad discusses the last days of May 1968
Boris gets spiked
Ex-communists continue their rightward evolution, reports James Turley
