WW archive > Issue 940 - 29 November 2012
Austerity: The madness of a dying system
The ruling class has no alternative to austerity and the drive to create a pristine capitalism. Not only is that impossible, but, as shown by South Africa, the working class is beginning to revolt. This is an edited version a speech by Hillel Ticktin, editor of Critique, on November 17
Letters
SPGB enigma; Sort it out; Student split; Earthquake; Terry Liddle; Loopy
Egypt Mursi: Showing his true colours
The SWP's decision to call for a Muslim Brotherhood vote in Egypt is coming back to haunt them, writes Peter Manson
CPGB History: Illuminating the factional struggles of the CPGB
Mark Fischer welcomes the second edition of a book which uncovers some long-hidden history
USSR Review: Sticking with old dogmas that have failed time and again
Paul Flewers reviews: Workers Power, 'The degenerated revolution: the rise and fall of the Stalinist states', Prinkipo, 2012, pp584, £13.90
Ukip fostering row: Who’s fit to be a parent?
If members of mainstream parties should not be barred from fostering, asks Eddie Ford, what about us extremists?
Middlesborough review: Rapid development and workers’ struggle
David Douglass reviews: Minoru Yasumoto, 'The rise of a Victorian ironopolis: Middlesbrough and regional industrialisation', Boydell Press, 2011, pp250, £60
Women Bishops & CofE: Irrelevant? If only
The Church of Englands failure to accept women bishops is embarrassing, but solutions short of disestablishment are absurd, argues Paul Demarty
£164 needed in two days
Can you help? Robbie Rix says that there's no time like the present