WW archive > Issue 540 - 05 August 2004
Letters
Something Better; Al-Qaradawi; In Limbo; Change record; Not Rejected; Poverty; Proposal; Gary Plot; Beenie Man
Resolutions and token strikes
The PCSU's ballot for a one-day strike action against the government's threat to axe over 100,000 jobs shows that the union has no serious strategy capable of defeating the New Labour assault, says Peter Manson
Economism and the necessity of programme
Jack Conrad argues that the left is crippled by its flattery of economic struggles - and the constant downplaying of the primacy of the political
Imperialism lives on
In the second of a short series of articles, Mike Macnair examines the role of the state in the global order and looks at alternatives to the 'imperialism of free trade' theory
Making a start
Oliur Rahman is Respect's first councillor elected under its own name, topping the poll in a by-election in St Dunstans and Stepney Green ward, Tower Hamlets. He spoke to Peter Manson
Money is the name of the game
The whole transitory saga of Sven Eriksson will be gone in a short while, thinks Patrick Presland. The gigantic cash nexus we call football will remain
Miners' long road to defeat
Ken Smith A civil war without guns - 20 years on, Socialist Publications, illustrated by Alan Hardman, pp120, £5
Road to nowhere
Phil Hamilton reviews Ralph Nader's website - and finds it wanting, just like the candidate's politics
Josh Heuchan - red salute
On July 30 Josh Heuchan died tragically in a skiing accident while holidaying in New Zealand. He was only 33. Josh was a special human being, a dear friend and comrade: he was committed to the ideals of communism and human freedom.
Learning lessons
Ian Mahoney reports on the summer offensive
Ken pays the piper and now calls the tune
Should we hand over the European Social Forum opening ceremony to Livingstone? Tina Becker thinks not