Weekly Worker 785 - Thursday September 17 2009 The latest edition of the Weekly Worker is now available on the CPGB website at www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/785
In this week's issue: THE FOUR WAGERS OF LENIN IN 1917 The Bolshevik decision to make revolution was based on four key predictions, or ‘wagers’, says Lars T Lih: international revolution, soviet democracy, peasant followership and progress towards socialism. LETTERS Consent confusion; No place; Prejudice; No surprise; Safety valve; Contradiction; Hit first; Prison letter; Free Mahir; Support Sheida SPOT THE DIFFERENCE Some people cannot distinguish a revolutionary alliance from class collaboration. Peter Manson looks at the South African Communist Party’s contradictions REVOLUTION - SEXUAL AND DIGITAL Eddie Ford sees an advance in Downing Street’s belated apology FARCICAL AND REACTIONARY Even by the standards of ‘paedo panic’ hysteria, writes James Turley, plans to vet 11 million adults who come into regular contact with children are absurd LABOUR AND MINI-LABOUR The Trade Union Congress saw a bit of prime ministerial honesty, a lot of hot air, but nothing in the way of concrete measures to protect workers from the effects of the ongoing economic crisis. Phil Ritchie reports SALMOND BANKS ON TORIES The Scottish National Party has called for a referendum on independence, writes Sarah McDonald. How should the left respond? APPRECIATION Robbie Rix urges you to use the now-working button to show it A PDF version of the paper is available at www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/785/785web.pdf ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
