Red Banner issue 34 out now

national | anti-capitalism | other press Thursday December 04, 2008 20:41 by Red Banner red_banner at yahoo dot com PO Box 6587, Dublin 6

Issue 34 of Red Banner is available now: €2 / £1.50 from bookshops, sellers, or the above address.

“Today we march, tomorrow we vote”: Latinos, the immigrant rights struggle and the US election
From the US, Dave Moore looks at where immigrant workers there stand following Obama’s election to the White House

SOCIALIST CLASSICS William Morris, Art and Socialism
Henry Gibson looks at a little-known work arguing that capitalism must be overthrown to build a creative and artistic society

The one that got away: Labour and the 1918 election
Noel McDermott investigates how Labour sidestepped a crucial electoral battle ninety years ago, and its lessons for today

Labour in Irish History i nGaeilge?
Aimsíonn Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh aistriúchán ar mhórshaothar Shéamais Uí Chonghaile… más ea

The Hidden Connolly
In a mammoth article unpublished since his death, James Connolly discusses Irish labour’s revival despite clerical opposition

Correspondence
tara O’Sullivan responds to an article in our last issue