WW archive > Issue 1123 - 22 September 2016
We need a brand new clause four
The battle with the right is sure to intensify after Corbyn’s re-election. As part of that battle James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists calls for the adoption of new principles
Letters
Stimulating; Stalin; Democracy; Open letter to the Labour NEC; Open letter to Iain McNichol
Best on the left
Robbie Rix celebrates progress towards our target
Bernstein’s assault on ‘orthodoxy’
Marc Mulholland examines the revisionist attack on class politics and the three most important responses. Clearly this dispute was about more than ‘reform’ versus ‘revolution’
Don’t rely on imperialists
The US government and various rightwing groups have feigned concern for ‘human rights’ in both Argentina and Iran, writes Yassamine Mather
Russia is not about to invade
Eddie Ford does not want British armed forces ‘fit’ for fighting a world war - instead they should be replaced by a people’s militia
Where next for Farage?
It is clear that Ukip has no future beyond that of a protest party, writes Peter Manson
Strong on analysis, but …
Simon Wells reviews: Ian Angus, 'Facing the Anthropocene: fossil capitalism and the crisis of the Earth system', Monthly Review Press, 2016, pp280, £14.40
Snapping the olive branch
With Corbyn about to be re-elected as Labour leader, Paul Demarty despairs at talk of peace offerings
Three different approaches
The 1918 Fabian creation and 1959 alteration, the 1995 Blairite version, and the proposed new clause four drafted by Labour Party Marxists