WW archive > Issue 967 - 20 June 2013
People's Assembly: A rough guide
Who is behind the launch of the Peoples Assembly? What are the aims and methods? Peter Manson looks at the personalities, politics and possibilities
Letters
We aint there; Unpublished; Still ignoring; Back in the USSR; Polish link; Abortion error; Inept term; Socialist-lite; Remember 1913
Left Unity: Policy put on hold
Dave Isaacson (Milton Keynes LU) and Michael Copestake (Sheffield LU) report from Left Unitys first national coordinating group meeting
Broad parties: Theories of deception
The extent to which we practise transparency and democracy determines whether we can be taken seriously, argues Mike Macnair
Iran election: Not a victory for progressives
A massive protest vote humiliated the conservative candidates. But paradoxically the election of a centrist can boost the regime, argues Yassamine Mather
Istanbul revolt suppressed
Esen Uslu reports from Istanbul on the brutal repression that finally saw off the rearguard action of the protestors
Italy: Populists in disarray
Why do some on the British left see Beppe Grillos party as a kind of model? Toby Abse reports on the fallout following Italys local elections
How the triumvirate marched all the way to failure
Callum Williamson reviews: Chris Nineham, 'The people v Tony Blair: politics, the media and the anti-war movement'. Zero Books, 2012, pp87, £6.99
Labour Party: Safe pair of Eds
By promising to keep within Tory spending plans, writes Eddie Ford, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls are trying to show that Labour would be a responsible party of government
Summer Offensive: How do you do that?
Mark Fischer gives comrades the first update