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2000s >> 2005

No. 1215 November 2005

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  • Bushmen and the progress of capitalism

  • Is Marxism dead?

  • Book review – Postmodern humanism

  • 50 Years Ago – Trouble in school / Correction

  • Hugo Chavez: revolutionary socialist or leftwing reformist?

  • Cartoon: Free Lunch

  • Voice from the Back

  • Greasy Pole: The Respect That Makes Calamity

  • Book reviews

  • Cooking the Books 2: More conservative mottos

  • Cooking the Books 1: Things can only get worse

  • Pathfinders: Bird Flu: how capitalism could make it worse

  • Doubtful Benefits

  • There Are Words for It

  • Do We Need Money?

  • The Cult of the Professional Revolutionary

  • If This Be Treason

  • Letters

  • Editorial: Forget,forget the 5th of November – and Trafalgar Day

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