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July/August 2009 - In This Issue

Political meltdown
As economic and political crises deal a blow to Labour and the political mainstream, Alex Callinicos looks at how the left can respond.

Iran's new rebellion
Peyman Jafari on the stark divisions in Iran's ruling class and the movement on the streets.

A journey on the railroad
Cary Fukunaga talks to Christophe Chataigné about immigration to the US - and his acclaimed debut film, Sin Nombre.

Refugees organise
While Pakistan continues its bombardment of the Swat region, Ali Hassan and Gul Pasad report a mood of resistance from the Jalala refugee camp.

Nothing democratic about Nazis
With the BNP winning its first Euro MEPs, Anindya Bhattacharyya argues that they are still anything but "respectable".

See the full contents page for this issue.

Editorial

Some ruling class economists and commentators are already talking up the idea that the worst of the economic crisis is over and recovery is round the corner.

In parliament, MPs seem to be under the illusion that having selected a new, Tory, speaker, voters' confidence in their political structures will promptly be renewed.

But this is not so. The deep class anger and bitterness that the recession has provoked will not disappear overnight. The greed of the bosses still appears unabated. Stephen Hester, chief executive of the state controlled Royal Bank of Scotland, is awarded a £15 million pay deal - even as workers in the business are being laid off.

Meanwhile, Gordon Brown thought he could get away with a secret inquiry into the Iraq war and had to retreat within hours of the announcement.

The ruling class want to regroup and recover. Our job, as socialists, is to prevent that.

Judith Orr
editor@socialistreview.org.uk

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