Red Banner No. 25 (July 2006) available now

national | anti-capitalism | other press Tuesday August 01, 2006 00:10 by D_D

Issue 25 of Red Banner, the independent magazine of socialist ideas, is available now, from PO Box 6587, from red_banner@yahoo.com or from some bookshops (e.g. Books Upstairs, Dublin).
Euro 3/£2

The contents are:

Socialism or barbarism: Can the world afford capitalism any longer?
(Paul O’Connell argues that capitalism has to be overthrown if the planet is to survive.)

Corporate biological colonialism: The fight against GMOs.
(Barry Finnegan analyses the ongoing war over corporate control of the global food supply.)

Éigeandáil an ola: Sóisialachas nó aois na gloch.
(Áitíonn Tomás Mac Síomóin go bhuil an ghéarchéim fuinnimh chomh domhain sin gur freagra reabhlóideach atá ag teastáil.)

SOCIALIST CLASSICS: Alexandra Kollontai, ‘The Workers’ Opposition'.
(Joe Conroy examines a work that tried to stop the Russian revolution going off the rails.)

Palestine: Two elections and a funeral.
(After the election victories of Hamas and Kadima, Colm Breathnach assesses the struggle against the occupation.)

Drawing the line
(Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh calls for a clearer understanding of differences on the left, and for genuine socialists to work together.)

The Hidden Connolly
(Published here for the first time since his execution, James Connolly muses on the church-state alliance, and ‘The Harp’s anniversary.)

Taking hold of the fight
(Paul Moloney welcomes a new edition of James Connolly’s ‘Socialism Made Easy’.)

Correspondence
(Tom Ryan defends his review of a Frank Ryan biography.)