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Comment & Opinion

By Socialist Appeal
Monday, 10 August 2009
One new feature which will be appearing in the tabloid format Socialist Appeal will be a letters page. So why not drop us a line!

Report Of West Yorkshire SA meeting

By West Yorks SA
Sunday, 19 July 2009
On Wednesday 13th July, the Burley Sports Club in Leeds played host to only the second public meeting hosted by Socialist Appeal supporters in West Yorkshire. People came from as far away as Scunthorpe to hear Mick Brooks, editor of Socialist Appeal, speak on the unfolding and ever-deepening crisis afflicting capitalism on a world scale.

The European elections and the No2EU campaign - Part Two

By Darrall Cozens, Coventry NE Labour Party and UCU (Personal capacity)
Monday, 15 June 2009
Part two of the article on how socialists should view the No2EU campaign in the recent Euro elections.

The European elections and the No2EU campaign

By Darrall Cozens, Coventry NE Labour Party and UCU (Personal capacity)
Monday, 15 June 2009
As part of our coverage and analysis of the Euro elections results and what they mean for socialists, we are publishing an article which deals with how the election went for the No2EU platform - and what lessons should be learnt.

The nature of the MPs expenses scandal - A Letter

By Anonymous
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
As the MPs expenses scandal rolls on and on, many voters have expressed anger at the way these people have gone about trying to get as much cash for themselves as possible. We have received this letter which reflects what many in the Labour movement are thinking.

Review: Did Darwin Kill God?

By Jon Gandy
Tuesday, 09 June 2009
This title was borrowed from a documentary screened on BBC2 in May. Its presenter, clergyman Conor Cunningham of Nottingham University, predictably said No, Darwin did not kill God. His was the latest shot in the long war between Science and Religion. Darwin, it seems, opened up a new front, but was it the decisive one? Is Science killing God? Is Darwinism the final nail in the coffin?

Comment and Opinion: The Ross/Brand affair

By Socialist Appeal readers

Wednesday, 05 November 2008

We all agree it’s a storm in a teacup. But it’s been all over the papers. People are talking about it. What are Marxists to make of the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand affair? After all there are genuine issues in here. It’s about capitalism and the media.

How do they get people in the media limelight to act like performing seals? Was the protest genuine? How far can they manufacture a mood of outrage? How can we defend the BBC when they lob £6m of licence-payers’ money at Ross? He boasts that, at that salary, he’s “worth 1,000 BBC journalists.”

Here are two points of view. Why not write in and have your say?

Socialists and “Green” politics – Letter and Reply

By Phil Mitchinson
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Earlier this year we received a letter from a reader of Socialist Appeal who says we put too much importance on one factor that contributes to climate change, human-induced emissions of "greenhouse" gases. In his answer Phil Mitchinson looks at the broader aspects of pollution, climate change and so on and stresses the need for a radical, socialist transformation of society if we are even to begin to tackle these vital problems.

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