NEW SOCIALIST MAGAZINE Issue 51

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NEW SOCIALIST MAGAZINE Issue 51
May to June 2005

Signed articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors of New Socialist.

Editorial

Their Democracy — and Ours

Homefront

Isn’t marriage queer? A socialist take on same-sex unions, by Frances Piper
Grassy Narrows: Activists speak up, by Dave Brophy

International

Bolivia: Class struggle and popular indigenous rebellion, by Jeff Webber
China: Capitalism, socialism and class struggle, by Paul Burkett & Martin Hart-Landsberg
Iran: America’s next strategic target?, by Hamid Sodeifi & Hassan Varash

Religion and Politics

Marxism and religion: Opium of the people?, by Michael Löwy
Fundamentalism, US Style: Before and after 9/11, by Dianne Feeley
Sharia in Ontario? An interview with Amina Sherazee, by Neil Braganza
The Middle East under the reign of imperialism and fundamentalisms, by Shahrzad Mojab

Culture and Reviews

Pluggin away: A thirst for pop, by Mark Connery
Review of Judy Rebick’s Ten Thousand Roses, reviewed by Sandra Sarner
Review of Isaac Deutscher’s The Prophet Armed, Unarmed, Outcast, reviewed by Dale Shin
Review of The Assassination of Richard Nixon, reviewed by Neil Braganza & Karen Ruddy

Obituary

Torvald Patterson, by Peter Drucker

Poem

Friendly Fire, by Alan Sears