WW archive > Issue 815 - 29 April 2010
Letters
Chomping; Libel; Liberal helping; Pilot error; The ABC of AV
Overcoming passivity
Bob Davies faced apathy, indifference, and hostility to politics while canvassing
Selected by a mass meeting
David Henry of the Hazel Must Go campaign is Tusc candidate for Salford and Eccles. Chris Strafford interviewed him
From an instrument of deception
Mike Macnair reviews the mainstream election campaign and the inadequate response of the left
Posing to the left
Nancy Platts is the Labour candidate for Brighton Pavilion, where she is opposed by Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, not to mention Arthur Scargill's Socialist Labour Party. While the CPGB will not recommend a vote for the petty bourgeois Greens, we will support any Labour candidate who meets our two conditions: opposition to all cuts in public services and an immediate withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan. Peter Manson spoke to her
Fractured left
While the main battle in Scotland will once more be between Labour and the SNP, rival left nationalists will also be slugging it out. Sarah McDonald reports
Support Panahi
He deserves the support of all democrats, socialists, and genuine anti-imperialists, argues Tina Becker
Labour's black sheep
Laurie Smith went canvassing for John McDonnell
Griffin's eclectic manifesto
BNP policies owe as much to the mainstream as they do to its leaders' fascist past, writes Eddie Ford
Confidence and conscience clauses
Around 120 people attended the 'Women's question time' organised by Tower Hamlets Respect on Wednesday April 21. Ben Lewis was among them
Help not required?
Peter Manson reports on the welcome he received from Tusc campaigners in south London
The right to be offensive
Creeping censorship must be opposed - even if feelings get hurt, argues James Turley
Direct action
Phil Kent explains that the working class needs to be the class of democracy
May Day demands
Iran's workers will once again use May Day to remind the religious state and 'reformist' Islamists alike of their power, writes Yassamine Mather
Uniting the community
Jenny Sutton, the Tusc candidate in Tottenham, talked to Nick Rogers
Printing money
Readers have done us proud this month, reports Robbie Rix