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For ten years, the Socialist Party has raised the
need for a new party of the working class. With each step further to the
right by Blair’s New Labour, that need has become more pressing.
This year’s Labour conference – its anti-union
stance and total rejection of democratic decision-making – reinforced
that view. PETER TAAFFE explains the reasoning behind a new Socialist
Party initiative.
Our journey to the devastated city of Bagh in
Kashmir in a truck loaded with aid donated by Lahore’s working-class
communities was one the most emotional and painful that we have ever
experienced. Eyewitness account from Bagh, by KHALID
BHATTI
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French workers' strike
Government launches new attacks
'Intelligent design' controversy
US religious right takes on science
Arms-dealing Blair
Shaping foreign and domestic policy
Arctic melting
Reaching a tipping point?
The problem with Respect
Judy Beishon looks at the politics, electoral record and structures
of Respect
What the Greens did in power
The record of the German SPD-Green coalition examined by Kim
Opgenoorth
Remember, remember...
The 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot. Paul Moorhouse writes
World in Action
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