Weekly Worker 789 Thursday October 15 2009
EDL: a symptom of capitalist decay, not the main enemy
Eddie Ford sees the SWP and those that follow its example on a disastrous and self-defeating course
Following the English Defence League’s October 10 ‘no more mosques’ demonstration in Manchester ... we have had the usual flurry of excitable and often downright irrational responses from the left. ... more
Rhetoric, stunts, and divisions
Chris Brandler assesses the left’s mobilisation in Manchester against the English Defence League
Letters
‘Bolivarian’ EU; Bubbling; Sex tests; Militant
Open letter to the Socialist Workers Party
Mark Fischer, the CPGB’s national organiser, questions the worth of calls for unity
The Iranian coup four months on
Mehdi Kia examines the state of the movement against the clerical regime
BNP contradictions
James Turley reviews Nigel Copsey’s Contemporary British fascism Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp264, £19.99
Terror in a tank
Jim Moody previews some of the offerings at this year’s London Film Festival
Mapping a viable future
Debating Israel/Palestine. Peter Manson reports
Sum of its parts
Many students are completely inexperienced politically, but are beginning to question the system, write Ted North and Dave Isaacson in Oxford; plus, Making headway in London : Dave McAllister reports capital progress
Joining a rogues’ gallery
Barack Obama is presiding over an escalation of military action in Afghanistan. Despite that he is a hero for the liberal bourgeoisie, writes James Turley
Upgrade uplift
Robbie Rix hopes to bring matters forward
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