WW archive > Issue 868 - 02 June 2011
Tahrir Square comes to Madrid
It is essential to critically engage with movements like Democracia Real Ya, argues Maciej Zurowski
Letters
Enthusiasm; Unfair; Traitors; Not rape
Class war never went away
David Douglass reports on the destruction and restoration of the highly symbolic Wardley miners' banner
Impressions of the convention
Leading CPGBers recall the party's First Congress
The study of history and the left's decline
Dealing with the present demands not useful myths, writes Mike Macnair, but a real understanding of the past
Victory claimed as GMB rejects workfare
What was a union's logo doing on a report recommending the privatisation of the employment and benefit service? Tony Greenstein reports
Web of intrigue
Robbie Rix was pleased by two very timely last-minute cheques
Striking together
Ben Lewis looks forward to a bold show of mass opposition to austerity on June 30
Beginning of the end
The Respect national council has declared that 'carrying on as if nothing has changed' is 'not an option'. Peter Manson reports
An ethical revolution of the mind
Esther of Democracia Real Ya spoke to the Weekly Worker
Faith, flag, family, socialism?
'Blue Labour' is the latest fad to enrapture the leadership of the Labour Party. James Turley probes into its appeal for 'Red' Ed