Socialist Standard Oct 05

Date: October 2005
Media type: Formated text
Quality: Excellent

Monthly magazine, published by the Socialist Party of Great Britain Contents: Katrina: Not Just an Ill Wind As politicians stampede to avoid responsibility for the incompetent handling of the disaster, we examine the politics of the hurricane. Katrina: The Poor Suffer More Slow to spend money on any third-world disaster, it?s obvious now that the USA can?t even handle a Bangladesh in its own back yard. Why They Dropped the Bombs Did the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings really help end the war? Richard Headicar concludes his analysis. Are Gypsies the Problem? After Hitler, Jew-hating can never be tolerated. However, Gypsy-hating is still rife in today?s liberal capitalist society. Pat Deutz asks why. Gate Gourmet - Another Union Sell-Out? Was the recent strike an example of trade unions selling out or even sabotaging the struggles of the working class? Pik Smeet investigates. Islam and Socialism If Mohammed was the first socialist, where does that leave Jesus? And how is George Galloway involved?