Weekly Worker 916 (31.05.12) now available at www.cpgb.org.uk

Weekly Worker 916 - Thursday May 31 2012

The latest edition of the Weekly Worker is now available online at
www.cpgb.org.uk/edition.php?issue_id=916

REPUBLICANISM AND THE FORM OF WORKING CLASS RULE
As the constitutional monarchy state proclaims its commitment to
privilege and the status quo, Michael Copestake looks back to a rather
different tradition

LETTERS
Myth making; Not so; Get over it!; The graduate; Soft on Occupy;
Panderers; Twin peaks; Zero questions; Pub talk; Censorship; Charisma
veto;

THE CROWN RULES BRITANNIA
The role of the elaborate jubilee is to draw attention away from the
power and nature of the crown itself, write Steve Freeman and Phil
Vellender

DIVISIONS SURFACE AND SPLIT BECKONS
What political differences lie behind the heated arguments in the
Labour Representation Committee and Labour Briefing? Stan Keable of
Labour Party Marxists reports on the proposed merger, and counsels
against irresponsible splits

REALITY BEHIND THE FIGHTING TALK
The May 23-25 annual conference exposed the weaknesses of Britain's
biggest civil service union, says Tina Becker

LAST MAN STANDING
The Partito Democratico, dominated by ex-'official communists', is now
Italy's leading party, writes Toby Abse

BROAD FRONTS AND LIQUIDATIONISM
CPGB members have been discussing the Anti-Capitalist Initiative and
the role of Communist Students. Peter Manson reports

REWRITING THE PAST
Lawerence Parker reviews: Roger Seifert and Tom Sibley Revolutionary
communist at work: a political biography of Bert Ramelson Lawrence and
Wishart, 2012, pp414, £25

JOINING FORCES AGAINST WAR AND EXPULSIONS
Milton Keynes Hands Off the People of Iran and the local Stop the War
Coalition group joined forces for a meeting on the threat of war
against Iran reports Dave Isaacson.

HOW TO LEARN NOTHING
The emergence of a programme from the Occupy movement has caused a
flurry of debate on the ACI website, Paul Demarty decides to join in

UPWARD CURVE
Thanks to our readers for helping us hit the fighting fund target we
need, says Robbie Rix.

Weekly Worker 916 is available for download as a PDF via
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"[C]apital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt."
--Marx, Capital, Vol. 1, Chapter 31