Red Banner issue 31 out now

international | anti-capitalism | other press Friday February 29, 2008 16:28 by Red Banner red_banner at yahoo dot com PO Box 6587, Dublin 6

Issue 31 of Red Banner is out now, available at €2 / £1.50 from Red Banner sellers, good bookshops, or from the address above.

Kurdistan: A people in revolt
An interview with Adnan Mohammedi, a Kurdish political refugee who has succeeded in winning asylum in Ireland

SOCIALIST CLASSICS Raya Dunayevskaya, Marxism and Freedom
Joe Conroy looks at a book that, fifty years ago, rediscovered the emancipatory heart of Marxist politics

The Russian revolution and the temporary advance of Soviet feminism
James Caspell considers the remarkable gains made by women in Russia after 1917, and how those gains were worn away

Léargas leathan ar chlé
Scrúdaíonn an staraí Éamon Ó Ciosáin leabhar a insíonn scéal na heite clé in Éirinn

The Ukrainian revolution 1917-21: Russia’s Ireland and the fate of socialism in Europe
Chris Ford examines a forgotten chapter of socialist history that had profound consequences for Russia and Europe

The Hidden Connolly
In a chapter of The Re-Conquest of Ireland not published since his death, James Connolly uncovers the roots of northern sectarianism

Getting poetry red
Henry Gibson reviews a collection of left-wing poetry from Wales

Correspondence
John McAnulty restates his position on sectarianism

COVER: John Arnall, ‘James Connolly’, 1902