December 2003Editorial | News | Features |
Columns | Letters | Arts | Books EditorialHypocrites' HumbugThe hypocrisy of George Bush and Tony Blair's denunciations of terrorism is stunning. News ReviewTop-Up Fees: Educational Betrayalby Sally Campbell
Education minister Charles Clarke was forced to begin a climbdown over top-up fees within days of the Queen's Speech that announced their introduction. Between the Battle LinesBritain involved in Guantanamo detentions? - US troops demoralised? - Military decorations Iraq: The Resistance Deepensby Sabby Sagall
Contrary to Bush and Blair's familiar response to any attack on US or British forces as the work of 'Saddam loyalists' or 'foreign terrorists', it is clear that the resistance in Iraq has gained momentum, and that the Iraqi people have increasingly come to see themselves as subject to a colonial occupation. Russia: Oligarch Enemiesby Pete Glatter
On 25 October, Russian state security agents stormed a private plane and arrested at gunpoint the dapper 40 year old Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man, worth £4.7 billion. Georgia: Tipped by the Velvetby Rob Ferguson
In scenes not seen in the former Soviet states for a decade, tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets to topple a corrupt regime. Serbia: Neoliberals Stirring Up Apathyby Dragan Plavsic
For the third time in just over a year, Serbia's presidential elections were declared null and void last month because of a disastrously low voter turnout. Feature ArticlesThe Wildcats are Backby Martin Smith, Paul Garraway, Ken Penfold, Lee Waker
The victorious postal strike has put unofficial action back on the agenda, writes Martin Smith. Postal workers describe their success. Racism: Hope Amid the Hostilityby Kevin Ovenden
Attacks on refugees and Islamophobia are one side of the changing face of racism, but there is also a groundswell of anti-racist sentiment. Education: Dear Diane Abbott... by Michael Rosen
Poet Michael Rosen slams New Labour's education agenda. Left Alternative: Beyond the Crossroadsby Paul Foot, Michael Lavalette
Paul Foot puts the case for a unity coalition of the left, while Socialist Alliance councillor Michael Lavalette explains how he has forged a campaign in Preston. Bolsheviks and Islam: Religious Rightsby Dave Crouch
Socialists can learn from how the Bolsheviks approached the Muslims of the Russian empire. European Social Forum: Paris on My Mindby Gill Hubbard
The ESF focused activists' attention on building for another world. Scottish Revolution: They Took the High Roadby Neil Davidson
Joint Deutscher Prize winner Neil Davidson looks at the debate provoked by his book. Xmas Books: All I Want for XmasTo celebrate the holiday season, some of our contributors recommend their top reads of the last year. ColumnsCount the Costby Martin Empson
As the number of Iraqi casualties increases on an almost daily basis, mainstream news coverage on the web seems to be restricted to fairly simplistic reports, barely covering the real events of the war. Just Call My Numberby The Walrus
Tales of call centre jobs disappearing to India are not the whole story. Letter from the US: The Scalping Partyby Mike Davis
Mike Davis tells the story of a US army responsible for sickening war crimes in Vietnam. Autonomism for the People?by Chris Harman
The demands of the movement require organisation. The Language of Resistanceby Mike Gonzalez
The vocabulary of anti-capitalism is more than a passing fad. Blood, Sweat and Peersby Pat Stack
Can Howard be a man of the centre? Pat Stack doubts it. LettersDebating the Basis of Unityby Ged Peck
There were so many positive features in Mark Holt's contribution (Letters, November SR) that it is worth stressing a few. Total Recallby Phil Gasper
I generally admire everything that Mike Davis writes, but his analysis of the recent California recall election (November SR) is way off the mark. Easy Readerby Rob Murthwaite
The site www.socialistreview.org.uk is brilliant. Arts ReviewFilm You Weren't Really Thereby Rachel Aldred
Review of the 1968 season, National Film Theatre, London The Revolution Will Not be Digitisedby Joe Hartney
Review of 'Matrix Revolutions', directors Larry and Andy Wachowski Theatre Find Out What It Means to Meby Julie Bundy
Review of 'Loyal Women' by Gary Mitchell, Royal Court, London Goodbye Grey Sky?by Sabby Sagall
Review of 'Happy Days' by Samuel Beckett, Arts Theatre, London Video, TV, DVD Holy Moses!by Christophe Chataigné
Review of 'A Short Film about Killing' and 'A Short Film about Love', director Krzysztof Kieslowski Exhibitions Response Unitsby Mike Gonzalez
Review of 'A World at War', Millinery Works Gallery, London Sound and Visionby Joseph Finnon
Review of 'Reds', The People's History Museum, Salford Books ReviewUnwon Hearts and Mindsby Lindsey German
Review of 'Bush in Babylon', Tariq Ali, Verso £13 and 'The New Mandarins of American Power', Alex Callinicos, Polity £12.99 Restoration Tragedyby Andrew Stone
Review of 'Revolution and Counter-Revolution in England, Ireland and Scotland 1658-60', Brian Manning, Bookmarks £8.99 Back in the USAby Amy Jowett
Review of 'Dude, Where's My Country?', Michael Moore, Allen Lane £17.99 Pawn Cocktailby Mike Haynes
Review of 'Behind the Scenes at the WTO', Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen Kwa, Zed Books £12.99 Black Gold Against the Soulby Pete Glatter
Review of 'The New Great Game', Lutz Kleveman, Atlantic £16.99 Conspicuous Consumptionby Kambiz Boomla
Review of 'The Return of the White Plague', Editors Matthew Gandy and
Alimuddin Zumla, Verso £25 Real Zaragozanby Peter Robinson
Review of 'Goya', Robert Hughes, Harvill £20 One Loveby Rachel Aldred
Review of 'Solid Foundations', David Katz, Bloomsbury £16.99 |
