WW archive > Issue 760 - 12 March 2009
Letters
Single state; Concrete; Stop the War; Communist vote; Rival NUS?; Even wors; Class character
Nations and rights
Defending democracy and the principle of self-determination, Stan Keable replies to James Turley
Dead Russians
Jack Conrad defends Lenin and Trotsky, and issues a health warning about Arthur Scargill, George Galloway, Robert Griffiths and others who want to forget, belittle or maintain silence over the crimes of Stalin
Fighting Fund
Disappeared
Britain: before and after the election
On March 12 1984 - 25 years ago - the miners' Great Strike officially began. For the next 12 months, miners and the women of the pit communities fought a desperate battle for jobs, for their communities and for their class. This epic struggle mobilised the support of millions, in this country and across the globe.
Occupation wins
Chris Strafford reports on a struggle that brought many new activists into the movement
Sinn Féin backs police over killings
Northern Ireland remains an extremely fractured society, writes Anne McShane
No support for Bob Crow's stunt
The RMT leader has finally ventured into electoral politics, writes Peter Manson. But the CPB-backed anti-EU campaign is a chauvinist diversion
Two nations and the Arab revolution
The February 28 aggregate of CPGB members began a renewed debate on the question of Israel-Palestine. Peter Manson reports
Crisis cannot be offloaded
Internationalist response needed, writes James Turley