Issue 1124
29 September 2016
How to win
Jeremy Corbyn’s triumph was predictable. So were the olive branches waved about from both sides. However, says James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists, the civil war will continue till one side or the other wins
Well, this time, the pollsters got it exactly right. Comrade Corbyn trounced citizen Smith by a resounding 62%-38% margin. That despite the media, the gerrymandering exclusion of 130,000 newer members and the witch-hunting expulsion or suspension of thousands of others. If they had not been denied their democratic rights, the margin would have been more like 75%-25%.
Letters
Momentum; Right winning; Waste of time; Citizen Blake; Whither LU?; Not serious
Front-line dispatch
The rift between the Corbynistas and the right is irreconcilable. Simon Wells reports from Liverpool
Enemy of working class
The JLM, like Zionism itself, has no place in the labour movement, argues Tony Greenstein
Explaining the holocaust industry
Norman Finkelstein recalls how the official narrative on the Jews and Israel has changed over his lifetime. This is an edited version of a speech given to Communist University 2016
Lock up the thugs
Once more, the SACP finds itself on the wrong side of the class divide, writes Peter Manson
Danger of disillusionment
Junior doctors have been left in the lurch, writes Richard Galen
Victory and retreat
Despite the talk about ‘wiping the slate clean’, Jim Grant of Labour Party Marxists expects the war to continue
Needed in two days
Be quick to donate, says Robbie Rix