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Problems of
building new workers’ parties
One of the major issues facing workers around the
world is political representation. Traditional workers’ organisations
have been moving steadily rightwards, abandoning the ideas of socialism.
Here PETER TAAFFE draws some lessons from history and from the recent
experience of Italy and Germany, while focussing on the latest
developments in Brazil.
The crisis in Respect
Respect – the Unity Coalition was
founded in 2004 by the anti-war MP, George Galloway, and the Socialist
Workers’ Party (SWP). Now, Respect has split acrimoniously down the
middle: the SWP on the one side, George Galloway and most other forces
in Respect, on the other.
Inevitably, the crisis that has erupted
in Respect will be used by some to argue that it is impossible to build
a mass force to the left of Labour. This is particularly the case
because it is the latest in a number of attempts to build new left
formations that have ended in failure, including Arthur Scargill’s
Socialist Labour Party, the Scottish Socialist Party, and the Socialist
Alliance. However, this argument is entirely false. HANNAH SELL reports.
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The Lib-Dems
Stuck in the middle with Huhne (or Clegg)
Gun crime
The death of Jean Charles de Menezes
No plan B
The danger of looking for a quick fix
Religion & society
Religion seems to be an inescapable part of politics today. Niall
Mulholland writes
China's capitalist counter-revolution
We continue our China Debate series with an article by Vincent Kolo
Indicting imperialism
Robert Fisk's, The Great War for Civilisation
Representing the rich
Nuclear's subsidy
Cover picture: P-Sol protesters at the World Social Forum, Brazil
2005
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