Weekly Worker 776 Thursday July 2 2009

Against imperialist war, against theocratic rule

Mike Macnair explains why it is now more urgent than ever to fight on two fronts

Hands off the People of Iran has been arguing since its formation for opposition to US imperialism’s threats to Iran has to be placed together with solidarity with workers’ and democratic movements in Iran. ... more

Letters
Clumsy CPGB; Kill dogmatism; PR job; Oppressor rights; Zionist; Ragamuffin; Well regulated; Not for Britain; Gross; Cruel

Solidarity protests
Anne Mc Shane reports from the Hopi Ireland demo in the capital

Evolution’s revolution
Mike Belbin looks at the emergence of human culture and the vital role of symbolism

Unity for what?
In the latest ‘broad left’ initiatives, Marxist politics are once more being forgotten, argues Peter Manson

Fantasy liberation
Michael Jackson’s death serves to remind us of the amorality of the pop and entertainment industry, writes Eddie Ford

Meat and money
Howard Roake gives the lowdown on Hopi and why we need the Summer Offensive

Worker-intellectual who fell prey to the right
David Douglass looks back at the life of Lawrence Daly: October 20 1924-May 23 2009

Back to the futurists
Dani Thomas reviews Futurism at Tate Modern

Political fight to make the gains permanent
James Turley draws lessons from the Lindsey workers’ victory

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