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FEATURES

Katrina:Not Just an Ill Wind
As politicians stampede to avoid responsibility for the incompetant handling of the disster,we examine the politics of the hurricane. 6

Katrina: The Poor Suffer More
Slow to spend money on any third-world disaster,it's obvious now that the USA can't even handle a Bangladesh in it's own backyard. 8

Why They Dropped the Bombs
Did the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings really help end the war?richard Headicar concludes his analysis 9

Are Gypsies the Problems?
After Hitler, Jew- hating can never be tolerated.However Gypsy-hating is still rife in today's liberal capitalist society.Pat Deutz asks why.. 11

Gate Gourmet -Another Union Sell-Out?
Was the recent strike another example of trade unions selling out or even sabotaging the struggles of the working class? Pik Smeet investigates.. 13

Islam and Socialism
If Mohamed was the first socialist,where does that leave Jesus?
And how is George Galloway involved? 15

REGULARS

|EDITORIAL 3

| CONTACT DETAILS 3

| PATHFINDERS 4

| LETTERS 5

COOKING THE BOOKS 1

| COOKING THE BOOKS 2

| REVIEWS 16

|50 YEARS AGO 18

MEETINGS 18

| GREASY POLE 19

| VOICE FROM THE BACK 20

| FREE LUNCH 20

“Calling the action illegal has a significant symbolic and ideological role in giving the impression that striking is criminal and by extension wicked”

Gate-Gourmet -Another Union Sell-Out?, page 6

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