WW archive > Issue 626 - 25 May 2006
Funding a left revival
Mark Fischer sets the scene for the CPGB's Summer Offensive 2006
Letters
Sheridan fiasco; Excessive force; Exchange value; Chávez in London; Greek SWP; Mad and bad; SWP swots?; Future query; Nostalgia trip; Scare tactics
SAV moves towards WASG split
Tina Becker reports from the May 20 gathering of the so-called 'left' opposition in the German WASG - which was dominated not by socialist ideas, but conservatism and sectarianism
Political consciousness and international unity
What is the link between national and international revolution? What is the role of the workers' international? Mike Macnair continues his series on communist strategy
Virtues and vices
Jack Conrad pays tribute to the role of the CPGB in 1926. But as well as heroism there were limitations
From Star wars to library wars
Lawrence Parker reports on what looks like a new factional war in the Morning Star's Communist Party of Britain over the Marx Memorial Library
Clear red water and the CNWP
The first steering committee meeting of the Campaign for a New Workers' Party took place on Saturday May 20, writes Anne Mc Shane. The meeting showed that, much to its dismay, the Socialist Party has only the left groups for company
Will the Socialist Alliance fight?
The weakness of the left has been highlighted by the local election results in England, writes Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group. What kind of party is needed to overcome this?
Manufacturing royal consent
Gordon Downie takes a look at the May 20 concert of the 'Prince's Trust'
Funding a left revival
Mark Fischer sets the scene for the CPGB's Summer Offensive 2006