WW archive > Issue 990 - 12 December 2013
Mandela: Creation of a cult
The ruling class is honouring a man who helped make South Africa safe for capitalist exploitation, writes Peter Manson
Letters
Fellowship ; Gag rule ; Distorters ; Only for leaders ; Wealth gap ; Crackpots ; Xmas sacking; Tables turned ; Irreconcilable
Plans for the hard left
Jack Conrad outlines the thinking of the CPGBs Provisional Central Committee
Mandela: He was a bourgeois hero
South African Marxist Hillel Ticktin discusses the role of Nelson Mandela with Peter Manson
Science fiction: Aiming for the mixed economy
Even in science fiction the lefts horizons have shrunk, says Eddie Ford
Palestine/Israel: Belling the cat
Does the demise of apartheid provide a model for the ending of Zionism? Moshé Machover exposes this notion for the fallacy it is
Cops, lefts and anarchos on campus
Last week saw an outbreak of student protest. Daniel Harvey reports
Virtual money: Exchange without value
Anthony Rose looks at the growth of non-governmental virtual money
Liquidationism: End of the road
The Anti-Capitalist Initiative is about to fold. Meanwhile the International Socialist Network looks set to splinter. Harley Filben explores the politics of the marsh
2014 trend
With Xmas on its way, Robbie Rix asks for comrades to help us meet our December fighting fund target