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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

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