WW archive > Issue 652 - 07 December 2006
SWP accommodates to Scottish nationalism
The Scottish Socialist Party and Solidarity are striving to become junior partners of the Scottish National Party, writes Jim Moody
Letters
Open book; Anarchist candle; Dreams; Sickening; Political remark; Elitist CPGB; Modest hopes; Support act; SSP smears; Mortal danger; Whats in a name?; Specific point; Simple question; Self-deceptions; Not transitional; Soviets; De St Croix; You decide
Permanent revolution and state power
As Jack Conrad shows, the Marx-Engels theory of permanent revolution does not preclude the workers' party participating in government
Low-key rally
Dave Isaacson reports from the so-called 'conference' of Student Respect, which attracted no more than 80 people - a reflection of the state of the organisation nationally
Seeds of the new society
Within the symptoms of decline, Hillel Ticktin argues, there are anticipations of the future
No strategy for free education
Holy diplomacy amid coup rumours
The pope's visit has laid bare the deep divisions in Turkish society. Esen Uslu of the Communist Party of Turkey reports
Marxist position on war
Mary Godwin reports on the December 2-3 CPGB school on 'War and Revolution'
Chávez landslide
After Chávez's victory in the presidential election, Venezuela is at the crossroads, writes Nick Rogers. The working class must assert its political independence