WW archive > Issue 1052 - 02 April 2015
After the death of Jesus
According to western Christian mythology, Jesus died on Good Friday and came back to life three days later on what we now call Easter Monday. But, argues Jack Conrad, Jesus and his first followers were not Christians, but Jewish revolutionaries. It was Paul who invented Christianity
Letters
Response; Trick questions; Not supportable; Proud; Help needed; Peasants; Loonar theories; Clarification
Secrets and lies
The left supports freedom of information and condemns trials where the public are barred. However, what passes for justice in our movement often leaves much to be desired, writes Paul Demarty
Left makes modest gains in internal elections
All of the three main factions have something to celebrate, writes Peter Manson
Youth and students get organised
Callum Williamson reports on the successful founding conference of the new caucus
Ready to drink from the poisoned cup?
While Iran’s negotiators haggle, the supreme leader is using Shia advances in Iraq and the Houthi civil war in Yemen to divert attention from a possible beyond-the-wire nuclear deal in Lausanne. Yassamine Mather reports on latest developments
Keeping Cameron out
Sections of the establishment are worried by the prospect of a Labour-SNP lash-up, writes Eddie Ford
Impervious to lessons
Familiar bureaucratic maneuvering brought an end to the Miner's Strike, writes Mark Fischer
Second time as farce
The decline of Britain as an imperial power is symbolised by the funeral of Richard III, argues Mike Macnair
Keeping pace
Your love is not enough, says Robbie Rix