WW archive > Issue 506 - 27 November 2003
Grand coalitions
Party notes
Letters
Labour or SSP; Democratic centralism
Finding common political ground
Tina Becker spoke to Salma Yaqoob at the European Social Forum in Paris
Turkey: Four explosions and a dud
Following the two sets of twin explosions that rocked Istanbul within a week, Turkish and international media had a field day, running wild scare stories.
Smoke and mirrors
Discussions regarding the proposed unity coalition dominated the meeting of the Socialist Alliance executive committee, held in London on November 22.
State, religion and exploitation
Al Richardson, who died last week, made a valuable contribution to Marxist thought. As a tribute we republish his article on the Asiatic mode of production, based on an opening given to Communist University 2001
Stitch-up and Blair's crisis
The trial: how New Labour purged George Galloway Bookmarks pamphlet 2003, pp60, £1
Unite for a social Europe
This appeal, the grandiosely named Declaration of the assembly of actors and social movements, was passed on November 16, the last day of the Paris European Social Forum.
Shocking loss
Obituary: Al Richardson
Occupation in focus
Around the web: Worker-communist Party of Iraq
Impressions of a protest
Thursday November 20 saw some 200,000 demonstrators answer the call of the Stop the War Coalition to show Bush and Blair what they thought of their imperialist war and occupation of Iraq.
Stealing from BNP
The selection of Howard as leader - with the other camp too weakened even to field a token standard bearer - indicates the Tories have effectively accepted the BNP's logic. Worried about the so-called vacuum on the left? Watch out for the pressure cooker on the right.
Royal agony continues
George W Bushs time in Britain was a state visit. This meant he was the guest of the queen and stayed at Buckingham Palace. It was to be part of the post-Iraq victory celebrations and the beginning of his election campaign.