WW archive > Issue 645 - 19 October 2006
Rank and file speak out against the war
Jim Moody comments on General Dannatt's remarks which expose divisions in the ruling class over Iraq
Letters
Even-handed; Yellow and black; Revolutionary?; Cretinous twits; Tommys builder; SSP reaction; Family control; Party fudge?; Liberalism; Dress sense; Seed of doubt; One state; Mao and then; Syndicalist; Shag locally
Loyal opposition
Phil Kent reports on the fringe meeting organised by the International Socialist Group
Victims or workers?
At its October 7-8 conference, the Scottish Socialist Party opposed the unionisation of sex workers and agreed to support legislation for the sex industry only if it is "designed to eradicate prostitution". For the SSP, the liberation of sex workers must be delivered from above. Ana Lopes of the International Sex Workers Union believes differently
For the right to choose
Respect gave over the Saturday afternoon session of its annual conference to a public rally on islamophobia. Anne Mc Shane reports
Spin, deception and eclecticism
If there was ever any doubt, Respect's third annual conference, held over the weekend of October 14-15, confirmed that the organisation is now indisputably a Socialist Worker Party front, writes Peter Manson. Despite efforts to prove the opposite, Respect is visibly shrinking
Developing a Marxist programme
Mike Macnair continues the debate on what is meant by a Marxist party and how to campaign for one, begun by Critique's call for a conference on November 4