WW archive > Issue 662 - 01 March 2007
Messenger or message?
Peter Manson reports from the February 24 Stop the War Coalition demonstration in London
Letters
Quick and easy; Think again; Reductionist; Omission; Art theory; Tough position; Meacher empire; Biased reporting; Abstract democracy; Fundamental; Extinction; Wind-up
ISG split over Respect
In January, two leading members of the International Socialist Group, Alan Thornett and John Lister, left the officers' group that heads the Respect national council. Others in and around the ISG-dominated paper/front Socialist Resistance have quit Respect altogether. Jim Moody reports
Farcical battle for votes
Elections to the Wales national assembly on May 3 promise to be tale of two battles. The first battle will, of course, take place amongst the major Welsh parties for control of the devolved administration; the other a quite farcical contest between a bewildering array of left groups fighting it out for the title of the 'largest sect in Wales'. Cameron Richards reports
Roots of modern morality
Born into a wealthy family in Florence on May 3 1469, NiccolಠMachiavelli was educated in the classical tradition of his class. Later he developed close relations with the ruling elites both in Italy and other parts of Europe. He gained a profound insight into statecraft: how rulers rule. After the Medici family regained power in Florence in 1512, Machiavelli retired from political life and took up the pen. Most famous of all his books was The prince (Il principe) which was published five years after his death in 1527. It caused outrage amongst church circles and brought 'Machiavellian' into the popular lexicon - a pejorative term for one who deceives and manipulates others for personal gain. Gerry Downing seeks to put the record straight
Left decline and May 3 elections
Last weekend's CPGB aggregate debated our approach to the forthcoming elections, the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign and the redrafting of our Draft programme. Mary Godwin reports
Confident beginning
Hands Off the People of Iran had its official launch in Covent Garden following the February 24 anti-war demonstration. Anne Mc Shane reports
Not the happiest of days
Eddie Ford comments on Britain's 'youth crisis' and says: stop criminalising youth
Fountains and fireworks
Lawrence Parker reviews Raphael Samuel's The lost world of British communism (Verso, 2006, pp244)
Fountains and fireworks
David Sabbagh and Laurie McCauley report from the University of Sheffield student union elections, where five members of Communist Students are standing for office