Red Banner issue 39 out now

international | anti-capitalism | other press Wednesday March 10, 2010 09:56 by Red Banner red_banner at yahoo dot com PO Box 6587, Dublin 6

Issue 39 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is available now from bookshops or the address above, priced €2 / £1.50.

A false economy
Maeve Connaughton reviews two recent attempts to formulate a socialist response to the economic crisis

SOCIALIST CLASSICS Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
A book analysing the alienating reality of capitalism and alternatives to it is discussed by Joe Conroy

Athrú na haeráide: Tuige ar theip ar Chópanhágan?
Níor éirigh leis an gcruinniú mullaigh, ach caitheann Tomás Mac Síomóin súil ar leabhar a thugann léargas láidir ar an ngábh

The road to God knows where
In the light of recent frustrations, Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh asks where the left is going wrong

The Hidden Connolly
Published for the first time since his execution, James Connolly calls for workers’ revolt, not nationalist hero-worship

Correspondence
Ed Walsh replies to a review of his recent pamphlet on South Africa