November 2005

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  FEATURES
 If This be Treason ...
The revival of the treason charge by the Blair government after the July bombings
 was one of  many tactics designed to stimulate panic. Page 6  
 Hugo Chavez : revolutionary socialist or left wing reformist ?
 Chavez new revolutionary on the block cast in the Castro mode,is winning the
applause of radicals around the world .   Page 8  
 The Cult of the Professional Revolutionary
  Adam Buick asks how humans can be persuaded to commit themselves to
what most people can see is a delusion.Page10 
 Do we Need Money?
  With the world organised the way it is we couldn't live without money.
 But what if the world was organised differently?
 Paul Bennett investigates Page12                                               
 There are Words for it.
  Capitalism,with its globalisation and its tendancy to make everything homogeneous
 is killing off languages.
Does it  matter ?. Page 14             
  Doubtful Benefits
 David Blunkett thinks the incapacity benefit is mad.The 2.7 million people on
it may disagree.Page 16
                                                 
REGULARS


COOKING THE BOOKS 1 |COOKING THE BOOKS 2  |REVIEWS 17  |50 YEARS AGO 18  
MEETINGS | GREASY POLE  19 | VOICE FROM THE BACK  20 |
  FREE LUNCH  20  |


“Having respect for people and  our environment -acknowledging and caring for each other's strengths, needs, weaknesses, ambitions- is not compatable with capitalism's competitive,repressive, nature,”

Greasy Pole
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