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International Socialism Journal 105 – Winter 2005

Iraq: the rise of the resistance

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Anne Alexander and Simon Assaf: Iraq: The rise of the resistance – 3
Interview with Elaheh Rostami Povey: Iran: Workers, women and the Islamic republic – 43
Mark Thomas: The birth of our politics: Marxist and the 1905 revolution – 63
Polimic: Trade union struggles in Britain today
Gregor Gall: Back from the brink or still on the margins? – 98
Martin Smith: Politics and the struggle – 111
Fabio Ruggiero: Italy: Rifondazione's U-turn – 124
Bertinotti's theses – 132
Chris Harman: The history of an argument – 133
Néstor Kohan: Postmodernism, commodity fetishism and hegemony – 139
Talat Ahmed: Mulk Raj Anand: novelist and fighter – 159
Martin Empson: Marxism on the web – 164

Book reviews – 169
The Myths of Zionism, a Marxist view of Weber, Dylan's back pages, Hardt and Negri's Multitude, John Saville and British Marxist history, political Islam
(by Sabby Sagall, Chris Harman, Pat Stack, Joseph Choonara, Paul Blackledge)

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'Iraq – the new Vietnam' is now a cliché. But lies and misinformation about the resistance abound, even on the left. Anne Alexander and Simon Assaf challenge these, and provide the fullest account of its rise to have appeared anywhere yet. They conclude that it is a movement for national liberation that deserves the support of anti-imperialists everywhere.

Next on Bush's 'axis of evil' list is Iran. But what is life really like for workers and for women? Is it a near-totalitarian theocracy? Where did the new opposition movement come from and what do they stand for? Eleheh Rostami Povey answers these and many other questions in an interview that challenge widespread preconceptions.

Revolution burst into the last century in 1905 and set a pattern that recurred throughout it. 1905 also peoduced a flowering af Marxist theory. Mark Thomas shows the relevance for today of the events and the ideas.

What are the prospects for industrial class struggle in Britain? In our new polemics section Gregor Gall argues aginst what he sees as the over-optimism of the Socialist Workers Party and Martin Smith replies.

Europe's biggest anti-capitalist movement and its most succesfull far-left party are both in Italy. But the party Rifondazione Comunista, is making overtures to the centre-left. Fabio Ruggiero criticises the turn and Chris Harman looks at a historical precedent.

Plus Argentinian Marxist Néstor Kohan challenging the 'post-Marxist' orthodoxies of the 1990s; Talat Ahmed on Mulk Raj Anand, the committed Indian novelist, interviewed just before his death in september; Martin Empson on Marxism on the web; reviews on Zionism, Max Weber, Bob Dylan, Hardt and Negri's Multitude, the British Marxist historian John Saville and politcal Islam.

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Udgivet første gang: 2005

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International Socialism Journal

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Sprog: engelsk

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ISBN: 1 898876 94 0

Forlag: International Socialism

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