WW archive > Issue 748 - 04 December 2008
Letters
Ignorant; Celtic lack; Obama vote; Prove us wrong; Gotcha; Drunk
Fighting Fund
Make it two
Schools for communism
Throughout the 20th century the best communists were respected by their colleagues for their work in trade unions, writes Mary Godwin
Oil workers in the Iranian revolution
The oil workers' strike of 1978 and early 1979 played a crucial part in the overthrow of the shah's regime in Iran. On the 30th anniversary of the strike we publish a translation of an interview with Ali Pichgah, one of the founding members of the oil workers' shora (council) who later played an important role in the first major oil strike against the Islamic republic government. Comrade Pichgah is a supporter of Hands Off the People of Iran
Time to move on
Closure of the Campaign for a Marxist Party is not an end, but a new beginning, writes Mark Fischer
Fellow travellers of statism
Mike Belbin reviews Paul Flewers's 'The new civilisation? Understanding Stalin's Soviet Union 1929-1941' : Francis Boutle Publishers : 2008 : pp390 : �12.99
A revolution made in England
Jim Moody reviews 'The Devil's Whore' tx Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9pm, Channel 4 and online (1), writer: Peter Flannery; director: Mark Munden
Left unity - at what cost?
Parti Socialiste leader Melenchon aims to be new Mitterrand, writes Jean-Michel Edwin
What next for CMP?
We need to campaign for an international communist party, writes Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group
'Third period' pains
Lawrence Parker, writer on the revolutionary oppositions within the post-war Communist Party, debunks one of the more absurd myths about today's CPGB
PCS left backs off from strikes
Dave Vincent calls for joint action with other unions
Mother of all splits looms
Lindsey German has declared 'war' on the SWP central committee majority, as John Rees prepares to fight back. Peter Manson reports on the burgeoning crisis