Weekly Worker 782 Thursday August 27 2009
Iran: misogynist torturers cling to power
Workers are growing in confidence, reports Yassamine Mather
Over the last few weeks, following the show trials of ‘reformist’ personalities and the imposition of even more severe forms of repression in Iran, the nature of protests has changed considerably. ... more
Letters
Not a nation; Zionist string; Sectarian; Polarisers; Neutralisers; Shock-horror; Old battles; Debatable; Defend benefits; Why he left; Cop-out; Vestas fights on
Most successful school yet
Peter Manson reports on a week of debate, learning and comradeship
Outstanding success
This year a number of comrades from our broader periphery contributed, writes Howard Roake
What sort of party and how to get it
The final session of Communist University featured a roundtable discussion entitled ‘Capitalism’s crisis and how we should organise’. There were four introductory speakers
Ideological pigeonholes
Dave Osler reviews Ervand Abrahamian’s A history of modern Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp224, £14.99) and Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Mahjoob Zweiri’s Iran and the rise of its neoconservatives (IB Tauris, 2007, pp215, £20)
Obama’s reforms - inadequate and unfair
Healthcare is a long-running sore on the US body politic, writes Eddie Ford
Richard Hunt was not just a statistic
John Sidwell recalls a well intentioned and honest young man
Polling day quagmire
James Turley calls for troops out of Afghanistan now
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