WW archive > Issue 849 - 20 January 2011
Masses in revolt
The people have succeeded in sending one dictatorial president packing. But the old regime remains intact. James Turley argues for a pan-Arab revolution led by the working class
Letters
Curmudgeons; Historical documents; Scottish lessons; Scottish disaster; Anti-elitist leadership
Shattered illusions
The left's general election campaign is beginning to make an impact, writes Anne Mc Shane
Marxism and theoretical overkill
Mike Macnair reviews Jairus Banaji's 'History as theory: essays on modes of production and exploitation' Historical Materialism books series, Vol 25, Leiden, 2010, pp406, £81
Wedded to left reformists
Chris Strafford argues that nothing positive can be learnt from the National Left Wing Movement and the Communist Party's intervention in the Labour Party in the 1920s
Good turnout, timid politics
Lee Rock, CPGB representative on the Coalition of Resistance's national council, reports on its first meeting
Standing out
Don't wait to be asked, says Robbie Rix
Police agents exposed
Mark Kennedy was not the only spy to infiltrate the eco-protest movement. It is endemic, argues Eddie Ford
No to fake new regime
London-based Tunisian socialist Nadim Mahjoub looks forward to an Arab revolution. Ben Lewis spoke to him
Applying Bolshevism
Though the founding congress of the Communist Party of Great Britain revealed political strengths and weaknesses there was a determination to apply the lessons of Bolshevism to Britain
Cuts and rebuilding
Unison Labour Link activist Stan Keable reports on the Labour Representation Committee's AGM