Issue 167 of Socialist Appeal is out now.
This months journal features:
Editorial: Now for the economic fall out
Students: Revolutionary youth – freshers’ fairs 2008
Labour Party: Mandelson back from the dead
Scotland: SNP wrong-footed by financial crisis
Economic crisis: Bank bail-out – will it work? Unprecedented!
Nationalisation – for the bosses
Review: The Wire and the American Nightmare
International relations: World capitalism looks into the abyss
Our history: George McCartney (1917-2007)
Eleanor Marx: an inspiration to socialists
First World War: German Revolution ends horror of war
China: Rural reform and revolt
Iceland: What happened?
USA: At the sharp end of the crisis – homelessness and poverty
Venezuela: New clashes between revolution and counter-revolution
Trade unions: UNISON NEC and the crisis
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