WW archive > Issue 969 - 04 July 2013
South Africa: Governmental communists turn to witch-hunting
Outsiders are used to explain away the class struggle, writes Peter Manson
Letters
Secularism; Psychiatric; Class heritage; Marxist box; Vanguarding
Labour: Fearful of putting people off
Stan Keable reports from a recent LRC National Committee meeting
LRC: Left in the dark
There are rumours flying around about goings-on at the top of the Labour Representation Committee, the left-Labour umbrella group. Harley Filben peers into an atmosphere of secrecy...
Egypt: Not the next stage of the revolution
Continued economic decline sealed the fate of the Muslim Brotherhood, writes Yassamine Mather. But martial law also represents a defeat for the working class and democracy
Vatican: Rotten to the core
The money-laundering scandal has confirmed that Vatican corruption cannot be put down to isolated individuals, writes Toby Abse
By their friends shall you know them
Backed to the hilt by the west, tiny Qatar is a monarchical dictatorship. Yet, observes Eddie Ford, it is also an enthusiastic supporter of the Syrian revolution so lauded by the SWP
World economy: Unforseen consequences
The market has failed and cannot but fail. Yet there are small intimations of fundamental change, argues Critique editor Hillel Ticktin
Summer Offensive: Running costs
Events like CU and the regular (miraculous) publication of the Weekly Worker deserves the support of every reader, says Mark Fischer
Socialist Party/CWI: Rudeness and revolution
The Committee for a Workers International should not insist on micro-managing debates, argues Paul Demarty