In moves to sideline any criticism of the Iranian regime within the anti-war movement, Communist Students and Hands Off the People Of Iran (Hopi) have been barred from the Stop the War Coalition. Benjamin Klein calls for all principled anti-imperialists and democrats to fight this exclusion and to raise the banner of genuine internationalism Andrew Murray, ...
Nick Jones reviews N Klein, The shock doctrine London 2007, pp576, £25 Naomi Klein largely came to prominence during the early 2000s within the context of an anti-capitalist movement broadly characterised by its militancy, if not its political coherence. Described by the New York Times as a "movement bible", Klein's book No logo highlighted the role ...
John Jo Sidwell looks at another radical hip-hop outfit, The Coup, and their struggle for radical politics in the face of adversity Over the backdrop of laid-back, funk-driven West Coast hip-hop, Boots Riley, The Coup's front man, delivers a biting and polemical attack on the American establishment and the capitalist system it enforces. Boots is joined ...
It sounds almost farcical: why would the leadership of the National Union of Students try to abolish democracy in its own organisation? CS member Tina Becker reports Let’s be honest. Most students don’t really know what the NUS is, let alone what it does or how it operates. And who can blame them? Currently, it is ...
Jim Grant recounts the last few acts of another left tragedy The in-house student organisation of Respect, nattily named Student Respect, turned out to have had a significant role in the terminal crisis within its host body. It’s worth reminding ourselves of SR’s history. Student Respect was formed in summer 2005, essentially by the SWP ‘turning over’ ...
It is now clear that, if the slump in political activity among youth of the 1990s has recently subsided somewhat, the main beneficiaries of this have been liberal campaigning groups. People and Planet is the pre-eminent example, and its annual Shared Planet festival takes place at Sheffield University on November 16-18. The bulk of the ...
It is now clear that 9/11 provided an excuse for imperialist expansion that has changed the world forever. The brutal consequences of US and British foreign policy are being lived out daily in Afghanistan and Iraq. For them the ‘war on terror’ has resulted in over one million deaths. The US has decided to compensate ...