WW archive > Issue 484 - 12 June 2003
Letters
No trust; Sleeping better; Socialist SF; Smoke and mirrors; Twisted reality; Absent SWP; Stay divided II; Naive SA chair
Kick in the shins
Mark Fischer reports on the latest on the CPGB's annual fundraising drive
Outlawing consent
Jeremy Butler comments on the new Sexual Offences Bill
New Socialist Alliance officers
Hackney Stop the War: Real discussion needed
Stop the War Coalition in Hackney held a teach-in on Saturday June 7 to discuss the situation in Iraq and the way forward for the coalition. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, there was in fact little discussion on anything at all. Anne McShane reports
SA: May 3 Committee statement
An ad hoc committee has been set up by Socialist Alliance members to press the case for a workers' party
Unanswered
Questions and items for June 7 Socialist Alliance executive committee presented by Marcus Ström
Nationalist rival?
The south Wales town of Merthyr Tydfil provided the venue for a debate on 'the future of the Welsh left' on June 7, called by Seren, Cymru Goch's newly launched left nationalist paper. Bob Davies was there
Democratise the health service
Ernie Shenton looks at the history and the future of the National Health Service
Left unity: start making friends
Pro-party independent James White looks back at the SA's May 10 conference and the prospects of splits in the Socialist Workers Party
Abandon sectarian doctrine
Open letter to members of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty
Party Notes: Euro, sterling and class politics
The cabinet is not split into pro- and anti-euro factions. The divisions are subtler, says Jack Conrad
SA 'awkward squad' under threat
Marcus Strom reports from the first meeting of the newly elected executive committee of the Socialist Alliance in England and Wales
Socialist Alliance: Forget SWP, forget Communist Party
Jean Kysow explains why we should prioritise the SA in the fight for a workers' party
Politically correct Thatcherites
The South African Communist Party's Blade Nzimande is the Communist Party of Britain's main attraction at its weekend school. Peter Manson examines the SACP's role
Around the web: Active and dynamic?
Phil Hamilton takes a look at the web presence of the Morning Star's Communist Party of Britain
Unison: Conference issues
The annual conference has acquired a new significance following the addition of the Transport and General Workers Union into the ranks of 'awkward squad' unions with the victory of Tony Woodley. Alan Stevens reports