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
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