WW archive > Issue 723 - 29 May 2008
Letters
Blazing row; Moribund; Study and learn; No apologist; Blanquism; Tory entryists; Virulent; Read and heed; Fighting squad; Sick remark; Drugs section; Reach out; Faith bridges; Absurd
Right to choose still under threat
SWP, ISG continue to equivocate on abortion. Jim Moody reports
ANC elite sowed seeds of hatred
Peter Manson examines recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa
Flushing out the Labourites
Dave Lynch reports on the May 24-26 congress of Britain's 'official communists'
Smears stepped up after Hopi vote
Ben Lewis looks at the background to the SWP's hostility and counters the recent attack
A lost opportunity
Understandably the left today looks back at France in 1968. Here was a moment when power seemed within our grasp. However, the May events have become an iconic model, even amongst those trying to re-image themselves. Jack Conrad argues that our movement needs basic honesty and a lot of radical rethinking
Socialist politics and the road to decommissioning
Brian Keenan's death last week means the loss of an important ally for Gerry Adams. But Keenan was far more than an Irish nationalist, writes Anne McShane
Fighting fund
Practical
Trying Stalinism again?
Can there be a repeat of Soviet-style bureaucratic socialism? Mike Macnair responds to Tony Clark
Debating pay, politics and Iran
Dave Vincent reports on the PCS conference and the growing politicisation of delegates