Book launch: 'The Kick Inside' by Lawrence Parker
December's London Communist Forum, hosted by the CPGB, will see the launch of the second, expanded edition of Lawrence Parker's 'The Kick Inside - revolutionary opposition in the CPGB, 1945-1991'.
The Greek elections and the question of government participation
What are the conditions under which Marxists should consider taking power? Mike Macnair addresses the issues, and the problems revealed by the left's confusion over Greece.
Lars T Lih: Bringing back Bolshevism to the Bolshevik revolution
Recorded at the London Communist Forum on November 11. Lars is a leading scholar of the Russian Revolution whose work challenges many myths of both establishment and left thought.
Iran Tribunal: ‘Impossible to continue support’
Norman Paech, a prominent member of the German left, has joined others in withdrawing his support for the Iran Tribunal after approaches from supporters of Hands Off the People of Iran (this is a longer version of the article in the current WW).
April theses: Before and after April 1917
As a provisional title for this talk I put forward something like ‘Bringing back Bolshevism to the Bolshevik revolution’, and I am going to try to explain what I mean by that. I must say that preparing this talk has been very good for me, in that it has helped me put my thoughts in order - and express them in a positive way rather than in the form of a polemic.
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Letters
Left unity; Live in a field; G4S occupied; War is great; No joke;
Gaza: Masters of the Goebbels lie
The mainstream narrative of Israel, Palestine and the middle east is a Big Lie, writes Tony Greenstein
Kurdistan: Victory, but no solution
Despite the ending of the prisoners’ hunger-strikes, the Kurdish question remains unresolved, writes Esen Uslu
November 14 strikes: Europe unites to resist austerity
As the EU slips into recession, November 14 gave us a taste of what is possible, argues Eddie Ford
UTR: Sectarian and philistine
The SWP’s fear of genuine debate was on grisly display throughout the day. Peter Manson reports on the Unite the Resistance conference
LRC AGM: No short cuts to rebuilding
The November 10 AGM of the Labour Representation Committee was on balance positive. But the left is still painfully weak both organisationally and politically. Andy Gunton of Labour Party Marxists gives his assessment
Police: Hundred-million facelift disaster
As expected, voters wanted nothing to do with last week’s PCC elections, writes Jim Moody
Ireland abortion scandal: Scrap the eighth amendment
The current storm that has erupted over abortion rights shows no sign of abating, writes Anne Mc Shane
BBC crisis: Child abuse and desperate diversions
Sections of the bourgeois press are attempting to conceal their own crisis by hammering the BBC, writes Paul Demarty
Paradox
Who says print is a dead medium? Not Robbie Rix, that's for sure
