WW archive > Issue 1177 - 02 November 2017
Supplement: Trotsky 1917 vs Trotsky 1924
Did the Bolsheviks believe the Russian Revolution to be ‘bourgeois-democratic’ or ‘socialist’? asks Lars T Lih in part 6 of his series, ‘All power to the soviets!’
Letters
Kind support; United front; Transformation; Out of context; Long view
Disintegrating alliance
The SACP is calling for a ‘reconfigured alliance’ with the ANC in a desperate attempt to stave off the pressure from below, writes Peter Manson
Build the momentum
In an outstanding victory against the rightwing witch-hunters, Moshé Machover has been unconditionally reinstated as a Labour member. David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists urges comrades to build on the success of the campaign to overturn his expulsion
The character of the Russian Revolution
This article by Lev Trotsky was first published in August 1917 as part 5 of his pamphlet What next?
Centrepiece of imperial strategy
On the centenary of the Balfour declaration, Tony Greenstein looks at the reasons underlying British support for Zionism
Iran, Kurdistan and the left
How can we achieve principled communist unity in the Middle East? We spoke to Mohammad Reza Shalgouni, a member of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar)
Causing alarm in Rome and Brussels
Toby Abse reports on the bizarre behaviour of Matteo Renzi, which has played into the hands of the right-populist M5S
Enough wishful thinking
The left must do better than acting as Puigdemont’s PR department, argues Paul Demarty
Commitment
The October target was exceeded, says Robbie Rix, now for November too