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WW archive > Issue 960 - 02 May 2013

Winston Churchill: A reactionary bigot

Thatcher has been compared to Winston Churchill, and quite rightly - both were virulently anti-working class. Eddie Ford looks at Churchill’'s toxic legacy

Letters

Left Unity; Dicey; Happy to concede; Class organ; Talk to EDL; Feminism; Decent parent; Welcome

SWP no-platformed: Self-inflicted injury

The annual Marxism festival is running short of big names - but the SWP has encouraged the culture of boycotting problematic people, argues Paul Demarty

Nick Wrack: How can we supersede the sects?

This is the contribution of Nick Wrack to the CPGB’s April 27 London Communist Forum entitled ‘What sort of mass party do we need?’

Alexandra Kollontai: Emancipation through the Russian Revolution

Alexandra Kollontai kept on fighting for women against overwhelming odds. Anne McShane completes her examination of the role of this inspirational Bolshevik leader

Appeal from the editor

Contributions to our legal appeal have slowed down a bit, says Peter Manson, can you help step things up again?

Italian government: Grand coalition for austerity

Toby Abse reports on the formation of yet another anti-working class administration in Italy

Syria: Toxic weapons and revolutionary illusions

Even if it is true that Assad is employing chemical weapons, writes Peter Manson, Obama does not want to act in a way that would trigger the total breakdown of the Syrian state

Iran May Day: Defying the regime

Yassamine Mather reports on the growing politicisation of the Iranian workers' movement

Finish the job

Robbie Rix thanks our supporters for making a big dent in the fighting fund deficit

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