WW archive > Issue 610 - 02 February 2006
Rein in Galloway
George Galloway might think that by paying back part of his parliamentary salary he can take some of the wind out of his enemy's sails - but his gesture exposes again the fact that his appearance on Celebrity big brother had everything to do with advancing his reputation as a media personality and very little with Respect or working class principles, says Tina Becker
Letters
Royal we; Forgive and forget; STWC appeal; Iran bus strike; Like a shot; Posing; Farce; Spot on; Socialist bans; Digging a hole
History of Hamas
An examination of Hamas's roots, both historical and political-theological, reveals beyond doubt that its anti-Zionism and anti-imperialism is programmatically counterrevolutionary, argues Eddie Ford. Or, to put it more starkly, in Hamas we encounter a reactionary ideology of the oppressed
More ballots, more bullets
We are approaching the third anniversary of the big anti-war demonstrations before the invasion. Mike Macnair takes stock of the anti-war movement and the current situation in Iraq
Freedom of speech still in danger
While Blair's defeat over religious incitement is to be welcomed, the new law could still be wielded against the working class, writes Peter Manson. That is why it is appalling that George Galloway and Respect were New Labour's only allies in the Commons
Revisiting colonial horrors
Louise Whittle reviews Michael Haneke's stunning new film Hidden
A caring Zionism
Carey Davies reviews Steven Spielberg's Munich
What's principle got to do with it?
At the 'Defy section 9' conference in Manchester, the comrades from the SWP again tried to prevent the meeting from taking principled positions on the question of immigration, reports Dave Isaacson
No champion of the oppressed
Socialists should not celebrate Hamas's victory in the Palestinian elections. Women and secular forces will very likely be the first to suffer, says Katherine Quinn
Two tales of child abuse
Don Williamson reviews BBC's When Satan came to town, an unsettling documentary about social workers obsessed with the idea that a whole working class estate in Rochdale was experiencing ritual satanic child abuse
Learn military art
From VI Lenin, 'The military programme of the proletarian revolution' (1916 - www.marxists.org)
Security, control and principled debate
Does our paper's fight for transparency in the workers' movement play games with "people's lives and livelihoods"? The letter below from Mike Davies, a member of the left nationalist group, Cymru Goch, makes that charge. Mark Fischer replies
Fight for soldiers' rights
Emily Bransom comments on demands by disgruntled British soldiers to form their own 'armed forces federation'