International Socialism 104

Quarterly Journal of the Socialist Workers Party (Britain)

Autumn 2004

Contents

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Anti-capitalism five years after Seattle

Spontaneity, strategy and politics
Chris Harman

NGOs: enemies or allies?
Ji Giles Ungpakorn

Venzuela: many steps to come
Mike Gonzalex

The prophet, his biographer and the watchtower
Neil Davidson

Book reviews

A truly human culture
Gareth Jenkins

Hidden jewels from the Balkans
Mike Haynes

Islam through the looking glass
Anne Alexander

Digging deeper
Chris Harman

Pick of the quarter

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Notes on contributors

Mike Gonzalez's latest book is Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution(2004). He is a member of the Scottish Socialist Party.

Neil Davidson was awarded the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher memorial prize for his Discovering the Scottish Revolution 1692-1746(2003). He is a member of the Scottish Socialist Party.

Chris Harman has just switched from editing Socialist Worker to editing this journal. His books include A People's History of the World(1999) and Explaining the Crisis(1984).

Ji Giles Ungpakorn is a member of Workers Democracy in Thailand. He recently edited Radicalising Thailand: New Political Perspectives(2003).

Anne Alexander has written regularly on the Middle East for this journal. She is the author of The New Intifada: Israel, Imperialism and Palestinian Resistance(2001).

Mike Haynes's most recent books have been A Century of State Murder?(with Rumy Husan, 2003) and Russia: Class and Power 1917-2000(2002). His 'Theses on the Balkan War' appeared in issue 83 of this journal.

Gareth Jenkins teaches at the University of Greenwich, has written frequently for Socialist Review and is a member of the Socialist Workers Party.

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Editor: Chris Harman. Assistant editors: John Rees, Alex Callinicos, John Molyneux, Lindsey German, Colin Sparks, Mike Gonzalez, Peter Morgan, Mike Haynes, Judy Cox, Jim Wolfreys, Sally Campbell, Megan Trudell, Mark O'Brien, Michael Lavalette, Sam Ashman, Rob Hoveman, Mark Thomas and Jane Hardy.

Published October 2004
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