WW archive > Issue 939 - 22 November 2012
April theses: Before and after April 1917
The April theses represented Bolshevik continuity rather than a break, argues Lars T Lih. This is an edited version of a speech given to a London Communist Forum
Letters
Left unity; Live in a field; G4S occupied; War is great; No joke
Gaza: Masters of the Goebbels lie
The mainstream narrative of Israel, Palestine and the middle east is a Big Lie, writes Tony Greenstein
Kurdistan: Victory, but no solution
Despite the ending of the prisoners hunger-strikes, the Kurdish question remains unresolved, writes Esen Uslu
November 14 strikes: Europe unites to resist austerity
As the EU slips into recession, November 14 gave us a taste of what is possible, argues Eddie Ford
UTR: Sectarian and philistine
The SWPs fear of genuine debate was on grisly display throughout the day. Peter Manson reports on the Unite the Resistance conference
LRC AGM: No short cuts to rebuilding
The November 10 AGM of the Labour Representation Committee was on balance positive. But the left is still painfully weak both organisationally and politically. Andy Gunton of Labour Party Marxists gives his assessment
Police: Hundred-million facelift disaster
As expected, voters wanted nothing to do with last weeks PCC elections, writes Jim Moody
Ireland abortion scandal: Scrap the eighth amendment
The current storm that has erupted over abortion rights shows no sign of abating, writes Anne Mc Shane
BBC crisis: Child abuse and desperate diversions
Sections of the bourgeois press are attempting to conceal their own crisis by hammering the BBC, writes Paul Demarty
Paradox
Who says print is a dead medium? Not Robbie Rix, that's for sure