WW archive > Issue 764 - 09 April 2009
Letters
Withdraw; Laughable; Our industry; Mistakes; Wikipedia wars; Revo
Fighting Fund
Simple truth. Robbie Rix reports
Austerity and corruption
Yassamine Mather calls on the left to boycott the presidential and parliamentary elections
G20: desperate exercise in spin
The optimistic notes sounded by world leaders after the G20 summit ring hollow, says James Turley
Turkey at the crossroads
After the Obama visit Esen Uslu examines the various pressures on the AKP government
Off the streets
Mike Belbin reviews Laurent Cantet's The class (on general release)
Kettling and the right to freely demonstrate
Police thugs randomly search and brutalise G20 protesters. Chris Strafford reports
Parliament, politicians, porn, pigs, and the people
Scandals involving Jacqui Smith, Tony Macnulty, and Geoff Hoon are just the tip of an iceberg, says Ben Lewis
SACP looks to new Zuma era
With the April 22 election looming and Jacob Zuma finally free of criminal charges, things seem to be going to plan for the South African Communist Party leadership, writes Peter Manson
Marxism and the inequality of nations
Mike Macnair analyses 'world-system' theory and looks at Boris Kagarlitsky's attempts to overcome its weaknesses with his analysis of Russia