WW archive > Issue 413 - 20 December 2001
Letters
Afghan criminals; SSP and Maclean; WSA party; SA paper; Effective RCN
SA conference failings
The Revolutionary Democratic Group looks back at December 1
Human freedom and the moral veil
Trade union perspectives
Burnley SA statement
Report welcomed
Faithful son of liberty
William Blake has been expropiated by the Tories, the Womenà¢â¬â¢s Institute, the Church of England, public schools and the establishment in general. In fact, as shown by Mike Marqusee, he was not only an artistic genius but a militant republican and lifelong lover of liberty
SA looks to future
Religion and class
The origins of islam
Sarahà¢â¬â¢s law
Hysteria rekindled
Working for splits
After walking out of the Socialist Alliance national conference on December 1 the Socialist Party in England and Wales is not only instructing its members to leave at a local level: it is encouraging further splits. The following text comes from SPEWà¢â¬â¢s national circular, dated December 10 2001
Obituary - Source of inspiration
Riza Yurukoglu (Veli Dursen) November 4 1945 - December 12 2001
Europe marches
Working class mobilization greets EU leaders
Blunkettà¢â¬â¢s new clampdown
Political weaknesses exposed
Influence in Britain
Our history - Lenin on tactics
The communist attitude towards the Labour Party has been a controversial issue since before the foundation of the CPGB. On AuàÂgust 1 1920 the 1st Congress voted narrowly in favour of affiliation, but our application was rejected by the Labour Partyà¢â¬â¢s national executive six weeks later. William Paul, who had spoken against affiliation at the congress, was given the important post of CPGB delegate to the Communist International, and was able to discuss with Lenin how the Party could best take on and expose the Labour Party. His account of their meeting was published in the Partyà¢â¬â¢s weekly paper. Various myths have arisen on the left over Leninà¢â¬â¢s advocacy of voting Labour and his urging of the CPGB to affiliate to the Labour Party. The following article puts both points into historical perspective - as specific tactics for the time - to enable the young Communist Party to discredit Labour through its own revolutionary practice.
Multiculturalism
Fighting for assimilation