WW archive > Issue 546 - 30 September 2004
Letters
Into the sea; Tweaking Marx; Reactionary; Open Letter; Hypocritical; Still waiting; Respect motions; Support Nadah; Anti-semitism; Lumpen; Abortion stand; Conscience
Open letter to Respect executive committee
The CPGB has serious misgivings about the forthcoming conference on October 30/31
Democratic debate, not a safe rally
Peter Manson takes a look at Respect's propsed constitution and the agenda of the conference - which both seem design to silence minority and dissenting views
In safe hands?
Having ensured total control over the organisation of this year's European Social Forum, London mayor Ken Livingstone now wants to make sure that the most important ESF meetings will be in safe hands too: the list of British chairs proposed for the plenary sessions reads like a Who's who of Livingstone-sponsored organisations, reports Tina Becker
Overcoming division
Phil Hamilton assesses the websites of the Socialist Party USA
Respect squeezed
Steve Cooke reports from the last push in the Hartlepool by-election
Respect and Europe: debating our tactics
Mary Godwin reports from the latest CPGB members aggregate
Emphasising democracy
What kind of party does the working class require in 2004, 70 years after the death of VI Lenin? In this article, based on his speech to the CPGB's Communist University in August, Hillel Ticktin looks at the lessons for today of Lenin's What is to be done?
Blair under pressure
Graham Bash, editor of Labour Left Briefing, assesses the Labour Party conference and discusses the huge tasks for the Labour left
Respect and Europe: debating our tactics
Mary Godwin reports from the latest CPGB members aggregate
Blair under pressure
Graham Bash, editor of Labour Left Briefing, assesses the Labour Party conference and discusses the huge tasks for the Labour left
Tasks and means
With the Constituency Labour Parties in disarray, the main opposition in the Labour Party comes from the trade unions - and they are proving unrealiable allies indeed, writes Ian Mahoney
A constitution thing
Martin Schreader reports from the latest developments in the US elections
Open letter to Respect
The CPGB has serious misgivings about the forthcoming conference on October 30/31
Two-faced pretenders
Anti-war protesters or Thatcherite party? The Liberal Democrats are all over the place, writes Patrick Presland
Boycott now, join later
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group argues that 'wait and see' is the best approach towards Respect