WW archive > Issue 913 - 10 May 2012
Electors in France and Greece strike a blow against austerity
But, writes Eddie Ford, the call must be to resist the temptation of office. The working class ought to constitute itself as a party of extreme opposition until it is ready to carry out its full programme
Letters
Denigration; Get serious; Small rooms; Liquidationist?; Fantasy thesis; Caffeine rush
A dead end and dishonest initiative
James Turley and Ben Lewis argue that there can be no short cuts to building the mass, Marxist student movement we need
Round one to Miliband
Labour is obviously pleased with the outcome of last week's local elections - but the government is not as weak as it looks, writes Paul Demarty
Imperialism finds new pretext for threats
As Iranian workers went out in remarkable numbers for May Day, a new dispute over some small islands in the Gulf shows that despite apparent progress on the nuclear question a new source of tension has been found. Yassamine Mather reports.
Scandals, austerity and comic diversion
While rightwing parties were the big losers, there is no sign of a move to the left, writes Toby Abse
Convergence and questions
What did Lenin expect to arise from the 1912 Prague conference? Paul Le Blanc responds to Lars T Lih on Bolshevism and party-building
Same old failings
With the Tory-Lib Dem coalition on the ropes and Labour proposing no positive alternative, the left seems incapable of taking advantage. Peter Manson reports
Vital function
Fiscal solidarity, why not give it a try? Robbie Rix asks.
A weapon for the movement
Comrades in London are beginning their collective study of Marx's Capital. Jack Conrad introduces what is still an unequalled work