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Monday April 11, 2005 23:27
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The latest weekly worker
The reaction of the mainstream media and ruling classes to the death of pope John II must have, at the very least, bemused many people. How, after all, could this elderly leader of medieval, obscurantist Roman catholicism, which has been mired in so much scandal of late, have beguiled the world in the way the media is now claiming ‘John Paul the Great’ did so miraculously? Surely it defies the laws of history!
weekly worker no: 570
Letters
Direct action; Cretinism; Aussie SA; Cymuned; Right to choose; Vote Yvonne; Islamophobia
Dining hall revolution
Is Jamie Oliver our new Lenin of food? Jules Barca reports
The right to say what is
Communists have fiercely opposed the Scottish Socialist Party’s complete surrender to nationalism, writes Peter Manson. We are equally opposed to the SSP’s intolerance - shared with much of the left - of anything resembling sharply expressed pole
Communists and open polemic
In the context of the SSP and the censorship of unacceptable views Ian Mahoney contrasts the big brother approach of Eddie Truman with that of the CPGB with its Leninist tradition of polemical exchange
God's cold war warrior
Cameron Richards investigates the role that John Paul II played in the downfall of official communism
An autocratic reactionary
Communists must stand firm against right-wing moralism and support the right of human beings to make an informed choice at every stage of life, argues Eddie Ford
Ghosts of Labour past
The main aim of Respect’s general election campaign is getting George Galloway elected as MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, reports Anne Mc Shane
Wasted opportunity
George Galloway displayed his catholic credentials on the BBC’s Question time last week, when he firmly sided with the disgusting ‘right to life’ propaganda of the dead pope and George W Bush, says Tina Becker
Vote Labour anti-war
Mark Fischer investigates which Labour candidates deserve our vote
Hitler and the angst-ridden corridors of Nazi power
Ben Lewis reviews the fascinating film Downfall (Der Untergang) which has caused controversy in Germany and Britain
From words to deeds
Graham Bash calls for votes and support for Labour’s anti-war candidates
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