Workers' Liberty 19, March 1995

Editorials - March 1995

Editorial comments on the ongoing influence of Stalinism in the British labour movement, the need for a campaign to defend the welfare state, and calling for justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Click here to download article as pdf .

Canon to the right?

Is the idea of a literary "canon" inherently bourgeois? Click here to download article as pdf .

Choose: the working class or sect building!

"The great thing is to get the working class to move as a class; that once obtained, they will soon find the right direction, and all who resist will be left out in the cold with small sects of their own." Click here to download article as pdf .

The Monthly Survey - March 1995

Click here to download article as pdf . - "Strong moves to a united Ireland" by John O'Mahony - "School cuts spark nationwide fightback" by Colin Foster - "The lesson of the animal rights protests: if the law is wrong, disobey it!" by Wayne Nicholls - "Mandela's government attacks the working class" by Bobby Navarro - "The fight for Clause Four" by Gerry Bates - "Rail union backs Clause Four" by Alan Pottage (RMT National Executive, Scottish Area) - "The diary of a Clause Four activist" by Roland Trechet

The life and death of a sharecropper

Formal equality before the law is relatively new for black people in the USA. Until the 1960s they suffered under a "Jim Crow" system not far from apartheid. The story of Odell Waller shows how monstrous it was. Click here to download article as pdf .

The "IS-SWP Tradition" 2: A symposium

A symposium on the IS-SWP tradition, including a contribution from ex-IS/SWP National Secretary Jim Higgins. Click here to download article as pdf . Click here to download part one of the article as pdf .

Taslima Nasrin: "I will not be silenced"

An interview with Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, who faced death threats from Islamists for speaking our for women's rights and freedom. Click here to download article as pdf .

Women and Fundamentalism

Is Islamic religious dress such as the veil a tool of oppression or a symbol of anti-imperialist resistance? What should socialists say about religious fundamentalism? Click here to download article as pdf .

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