Sozialistische Klassiker

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  • Christine Thomas: Tomorrow’s Women?

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    [Socialism Today, No 19, June 1998, p. 31-32] Tomorrow’s Women, by Helen Wilkinson and Melanie Howard. Demos, 1997, £9-95. Reviewed by Christine Thomas. What kind of woman will predominate in the year 2010? Networking Naomi with her high powered job in a newly feminised work environment? Or New Age Angela, who has status and wealth…

  • Tony Saunois: Kabila and Crocodile Shoes

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    [Socialism Today, No 19, June 1998, p. 5] The overthrow of Mobutu in the renamed Congo by the forces of Laurent Kabila has undoubtedly been seen as a victory in defeating a ruthless and corrupt dictatorship. French imperialism is lamenting its loss of influence to the US, which recently gave its backing to the Congo’s…

  • Geoff Jones: Genetic Politics

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    [Socialism Today, No 25, February 1998, p. 30] The Doctrine of DNA, by RC Lewontin. Penguin Books, £5-95. Reviewed by Geoff Jones. The recently announced plans for human cloning by US scientist Richard Seed once again provoked widespread media comment on the role of genetics in determining human development. In fact, although a person’s genes…

  • Diane Stokes: Mother Teresa revealed

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    [Socialism Today, No 25, February 1998, p. 29] The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice, by Christopher Hitchens. Verso, 1995. Reviewed by Diane Stokes. The death of Mother Teresa last September was overshadowed by the death five days before of Princess Diana. Yet the octogenarian „missionary‘, representing medieval values, was every much an…

  • Peter Taaffe: Introduction to ‚Marxism opposes Individual Terrorism‘

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    [Marxism opposes Individual Terrorism, London ²1982, p. 1-8] We are reprinting here three articles on the socialist case against terrorism which are of great relevance today and should be of considerable interest to active members of the labour movement. The first article, “Why Marxists Oppose Individual Terrorism“ by Leon Trotsky, first appeared in Der Kampf…

  • Peter Taaffe: Marxism opposes Individual Terrorism

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    [Militant, No. 278, 7 November 1975, reprinted in ‚Marxism opposes Individual Terrorism‘, London ²1982, p. 19-29] Hardly a day now passes without a political assassination, attempted assassination, kidnapping or bombing taking place somewhere in the world. The Herrema kidnapping in Ireland is only the most recent example of what has become almost a world epidemic.…

  • Peter Taaffe: Reply to Roger Silverman

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    [Socialist Party Membership Bulletin, February 1997, p. 13-24. Unfortunately my text is a bit incomplete, sometimes I had to guess a bit, most of all in para 76] 1) It is difficult to understand why Roger Silverman considers that our name change is „an appropriate point“ to make this contribution. He attempts to deal with…

  • Niall Mulholland: Kosovo rising

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    [Socialism Today, No 27, April 1998, p. 4-5] The Serbian army onslaught in the area of Srbica [Skenderaj], central Kosovo [Kosova], left over 80 Kosovo Albanians dead and villages in ruins. Civilians, including young children, were mercilessly shot down and whole so-called ‘terrorist’ families executed. Up to 45,000 Serbian troops now occupy Kosovo, with armoured…

  • Christine Thomas: Can-Do Girls

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    [Socialism Today, No 26, March 1998, p. 31] The Can-Do Girls – A Barometer of Change, by Adrianne Katz. The Body Shop, 1997, £5-00. Reviewed by Christine Thomas ‚Can-Do‘ Girls speak out about their aspirations and ambitions. Optimistic, selfmotivated, assertive, positive, ambitious, directed and focused are just some of the adjectives used to describe a…

  • Amnon Cohen: A golden anniversary?

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    [Socialism Today, No 28, May 1998, p. 6-7] The prestige of Israel’s politicians is at an all-time low. Not long ago it was common to see photographs of the prime minister hanging in shops and kiosks, but that seems like a different epoch. The Israeli economy is in its worst recession for 30 years. Taxi…