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June 2013 - In this issue...

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THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY - WHAT CAN IT DELIVER?

Charlie Kimber argues the People's Assembly is welcome, but that we need to address the role of trade union leaders and the Labour Party if we are to successfully challenge austerity.

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UKIP: a breeding ground for racism

Ukip's breakthrough in last months council elections confirmed the rise of the racist, populist party. Tash Shifrin looks at their emergence and how we should respond.

Which strategy for the left?

Mark L Thomas responds to supporter of the Left Unity project, Ed Rooksby, from last month's Socialist Review.

A warning from Denmark

A centre-left government was elected in Denmark in 2011 amid hopes of real change. Jorn Andersen looks at what happened next.

What does it mean to be a Leninist?

Ian Birchall responds to Alex Callinicos's Is Leninism Finished which was featured in February's Socialist Review. He also looks at a history of factions within the IS and SWP.

See the full contents of this issue.

Columns and opinion this month...

Are "Pop-Up" unions the way forward?

Sandy Nicoll

History in the making?

Andrew Stone

Iceland's Tories are back

Sarah Ensor

Letters

Why read... The Civil War in France

Siobhan Brown

See the full contents of this issue.

News

After Woolwich

Weyman Bennett

Ethnic cleansing in the Negev

Riya Al'Sanah

Can we beat the Bedroom Tax?

Mark Krantz

See the full contents of this issue.

This month's book reviews

Borderline Justice by Frances Webber

A History of Future Cities by Daniel Brook

Eddie the Kid by Leo Zeilig

Invisible by Hsiao Hung-Pai

Democratic Transition in the Middle East edited by Larbi Sadiki, Heiko Wimmen and Layla Al-Zubaidi

Beyond the Fragments by Sheila Rowbotham, Lynne Segal and Hilary Wainwright

The Case of Eddie Gilfoyle by The Eddie Gilfoyle Support Group

Classic read: Alone in Berlin by Hans Falluda

See the full contents of this issue.

Art and Culture

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Exhibition

Saloua Raouda Choucair

Tate Modern, London, until 20 October

The Power of Print: Leonard Beaumont Rediscovered

Graves Gallery, Sheffield, until 14 September

 

Culture column
Their propaganda and ours

 

DVD
Veep
Released 3 June

 

Theatre

The Hothouse

Trafalgar Studios, 3 August

 

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Film

I am Nasrine

Tina Gharavi

See the full contents of this issue.

#bestoftheweb

A brief round-up of some of the best things Socialist Review read on the web last month

"Storytellers are a threat" said the late Chinua Achebe. This Guardian podcast reflects on his life through some of his greatest tales.

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This graphic and moving piece on Gongchao looks at the experiences of the Hong Kong dockers who have been on strike continuously since the beginning of April.
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Following the death of Hugo Chavez, the election of his successor Nicolas Maduro was much closer than many anticipated. In this insightful piece for Venezuela Analysis Tamara Pearson asks why many voters switched sides and didn't just abstain.
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Michael Roberts' feature in this magazine last month - What's wrong with the Keynesian answer to austerity - provoked a ripple of debate. He responded to some of the critics on his blog
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From the archive...

Socialism and women's liberation

Sally Campbell argues that only socialism can bring women's liberation.

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