WW archive > Issue 481 - 22 May 2003
Letters
Confused; Smear; Scum; Hypocritical?; Sean apologised; AWL home; Right of return; Election farce; Aggregate
Party notes: Summer offensive
Over the two months of June and July the Communist Party of Great Britain stages a Summer Offensive, writes Jack Conrad
Palestine solidarity enigma
There was a disappointing turnout for the May 17 rally in London, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Jim Blackstock reports
SA party agreed
The Australian Socialist Alliance met on the same day as its counterpart in England and Wales - with a rather different result. Dave Riley, one of the newly elected Non-Aligned Caucus representatives on the Australian Socialist Alliance's national executive, provides his assessment and gives food for thought
Around the web
Positive contrast: Phil Hamilton looks at the Australian Socialist Alliance
Al Qa'eda: Imperialism's Frankenstein
Al Qa'eda is back. Indeed, it never went away, writes Ian Donovan
Ireland: Wilderness of mirrors
On Sunday May 11 we awoke to the news that the British army's top agent in the north of Ireland had been named by newspapers in Belfast and Dublin, writes Michael Malkin
Manchester: New SA model?
The meeting of South Manchester Socialist Alliance held on May 14 gave an indication of the direction that the 'relaunched' SA might be pushed in by its Socialist Workers Party leadership, writes John Pearson
Socialist Alliance: Republican socialist party
Dave Craig speaks on behalf of the Revolutionary Democratic Group
European Union: Giscard's constitution and ours
Valery Giscard d'Estaing - president of the Convention on the Future of Europe - is set to unveil the draft for a constitution of the European Union. The convention has been meeting in Brussels since March 1 2002 and is to submit its final report in time for next month's summit of EU leaders in Thessaloniki, writes Jack Conrad
Wales: CPGB Forum
Communism v anarchism and the 'road to liberation' was up for discussion at the second CPGB (Wales) Communist Forum held in Cardiff last week, writes Susan Osbourne
Fighting Fund
Happy birthday
Workers' movement must reorganise
For a social and democratic Sixth Republic. Peter Manson examines the issues
... or dead parrot?
Tony Greenstein of Brighton SA and secretary of Brighton Unemployed Workers Centre, writes in a personal capacity
ESF England: Preparing for Paris
The English planning group for the European Social Forum convened in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Saturday May 17 for its first meeting outside the capital. Steve Cooke reports