INTRODUCTION TO HAL DRAPER’S "TOWARD A NEW BEGINNING"  Ernie Haberkern

TOWARD A NEW BEGINNING – ON ANOTHER ROAD: THE ALTERNATIVE TO THE MICRO-SECT  Hal Draper

WHY SOCIALISTS SHOULD DEFEND CLINTON  Martin Sullivan

THE ETA CEASEFIRE  John Sullivan

SOCIALISM OR REPUBLICANISM?  Tony Dale

SOCIALIST ALLIANCES CONFERENCE: PROGRESS, AT A SNAIL’S PACE  Ian Donovan

THE LABOUR NEC ELECTIONS: LESSONS FOR THE LEFT  Bob Pitt

NEW LABOUR WITCH-HUNT IN LIVERPOOL  Jim Dye

OBITUARY: PAUL WOZNY  Jonathan Joseph

VICTOR SERGE: HERO OR WITNESS?  Ian Birchall

WHY WE MUST DEFEND THE ESSENTIALS IN ORDER TO CONDEMN THE ERRORS: A REPLY TO NICK DAVIES  Gerry Downing

RED FLAG OVER ST PANCRAS (PART 3)  Bob Pitt

REVIEWS

John Rees, The Algebra of Revolution: The Dialectic and the Classical Marxist Tradition,  reviewed by Jonathan Joseph
John Grahl, After Maastricht: A Guide to European Monetary Union,  reviewed by Bernard H. Moss
Noel Malcolm, Kosovo: A Short History,  reviewed by Nick Davies

LETTERS

Professor S. Bajric  on Bosnia
Jon Trautman  on the SWP and democracy
Jim Dye  on the SWP and the trade unions

CONTRIBUTORS

Ernie Haberkern  is the director of the Center for Socialist History, Berkeley, California
Martin Sullivan  is a member of the Labour Party
John Sullivan  is the author of ETA and Basque Nationalism
Tony Dale  is a member of the editorial board of Labour Left Briefing
Bob Pitt  is active in the labour movement in Camden, North London
Ian Donovan  is the editor of Revolution and Truth
Jim Dye  is president of Liverpool Trades Council
Jonathan Joseph  is a supporter of Workers Action
Ian Birchall  translated and wrote the introduction to Victor Serge’s Revolution in Danger
Gerry Downing  is a supporter of Workers Fight