WW archive > Issue 996 - 06 February 2014
Left Unity: Reformulating principles, mapping out demands
Saturday February 8 will see the launch meeting of Left Unitys Communist Platform and is open to anyone who is, or wishes to be, a supporter: 12 noon to 5pm, Calthorpe Arms, 252 Grays Inn Road, London WC1 (nearest tube: Kings Cross)
Letters
Same bracket ; Free rider ; Delusion ; United front ; US left ; Faking it ; Blame Maoism ; Laughing matter ; Peripheral?; Animal rights ; Proof at last
Ukraine: Great power tug of war
The US and the EU are on one side, Russia is on the other; the human victims are the Ukrainian population, writes Eddie Ford
Italy: Back into the centre of politics
Haggling over the new electoral law has given the former premier some breathing space, writes Toby Abse
Labour: Democracy versus patronage
The stench of leader loyalty hangs over the Collins proposals to mend Labours trade union link, writes Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists
Labour: Another Blairite collaborator
Paul Demarty wonders why Sally Morgan of Ofsted was allowed to collaborate with Gove in the first place
TUSC: Looking over its shoulder
Daniel Harvey reports on Tuscs local election conference
Art: Postmodernism, fetishism and Marxism
Libertarianism is no substitute for a Marxist critique, writes Rex Dunn, as the racist chair controversy continues to rage
Iran Review: Outrage comes cheap
Tom Munday reviews: Negar Azarbayjani, 'Facing mirrors', 2011
Climate change: Overcoming the division
Robert Hayes offers his comments on the floods that have hit south-west England
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