Weekly Worker 778 Thursday July 16 2009

Forty years since first moon walk

Was going to the moon the greatest event in world history? Jack Conrad argues that the left would be mistaken to fall for the hype

On July 20 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the surface of the moon. Supposedly a defining historical moment. The planets and then the stars are said to be next. ... more

Letters
IBT knots; Not Bolshevik; Leftwing tendency; Circular; Inadequate; Oil-ignorant; Idealist; Non-event; Gala solidarity; Enlightening; Stimulating; Top class

Freedom for the Uyghurs
Eddie Ford calls for self-determination and the voluntary integration of peoples

Equipment row must not divert growing opposition to the war
Jim Moody sees a danger of opposition to the war in Afghanistan merging with the way that war is waged

More than a temporary electoral alliance needed
We should settle for nothing less than a single, democratic-centralist, Marxist party, writes Peter Manson

Yes to Democracy workers’ party
Dave Craig of the Socialist Alliance gives an assessment of the impact of No2EU on the left

Class struggle of miners illustrated
David Douglass reviews Peter Arkell and Ray Rising’s Unfinished business: the miners’ strike for jobs 1984-85 Lupus Books, 2009, pp96, £7.99

Large or small
A good Summer Offensive is central, writes Howard Roake

Useful dupes
James Turley calls for a stand against oppression, exploitation, and the imperialist order

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