Weekly Worker 798 Thursday December 17 2009
Email thought crimes and the Left Platform
The SWP central committee has made its intentions regarding the opposition Left Platform crystal-clear, writes Peter Manson. John Rees, Lindsey German, Chris Nineham and their supporters now look set to be charged with ‘factionalism’ and expelled
IB No3 is totally dominated by the CC-LP faction fight, with both sides slugging it out in numerous contributions. Most of the others are coloured by it too. Although all LP submissions have clearly been published, the comrades complain that in other respects the CC is refusing to enter into democratic debate and has done its utmost to ensure that LP delegates elected to conference are kept to a minimum. ... more
Letters
Nationalisation; No green; Closed borders; Paradise; Iron laws; Past it; Greek party; Great ignorance
Corus ructions
Steve Cooke reports on steel job losses in Redcar
There is no Planet B
Copenhagen saw the ongoing face-off between the US and China, writes Eddie Ford
Supplement: Origins of religion and the human revolution
Jack Conrad gives his assessment of some of the main theories and asks what apes can teach us
Public-spirited marching and the anti-system threat
James Turley looks at the mixed messages from the media about the Copenhagen demonstrations
Common struggle required
The year is coming to an end amid great uncertainty, reports Esen Uslu
Fighting over the corpse
As the two wings of the regime continue to squabble, write Chris Strafford and Yassamine Mather, the opposition movement grows in radicalism and confidence
A nail in the Zionist coffin
Tony Greenstein reviews Shlomo Sand’s The invention of the Jewish people Verso, 2009, pp313, £18.99
Church attempt to re-invent is an insult
Anne Mc Shane looks at the beleaguered Catholic establishment
Union bosses refuse to fight
Irish trade unions are tied to the establishment, writes Anne Mc Shane
Make a federal republic fifth option
The question of Scottish independence is not going to go away, writes Sarah McDonald
See you January 7
Robbie Rix looks forward to a successful end of the year
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