10 chaNgE wE caN’t bEliEv E iN Jeremy Hardy isn’t at all excited aboutpollingday the absent aGenda

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28 rUtH liSter examines inequality and the state’s role

40 thE futurE of MoNEy mary mellOr argues for public control of the money system

Grassroots Guide to the election

12 alex nUnnS surveys the lay of the land, and we interview independent candidate david Henry

16 andrea d’CrUz takes a look at left wing Respect and Green candidates

18 JOnatHan HOUnSdale and tOm WalKer meet the BNP’s voters in Stoke

20 tHOmaS rainSbOrOUgH finds out who’s in line for the safest seats

22 rOz PaterSOn says Scotland is shifting left

50grEEcE: cracks iN thE systEM

PavlOS KlavdianOS says Greece’s spending squeeze is reaching its political limits

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gail Cartmail backs the Robin Hood Tax JOn rObinS looks at legal aid, arguing for ‘access to justice’ raHila gUPta puts the economic case for open borders anna COOte argues we should all work a 21-hour week

33 34 rebeCCa JOHnSOn on ending the UK’snuclearaddiction,andCyntHia

COCKbUrn and Sian JOneS on the anti-nuclear blockade at Aldermaston

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aNgola: coNtracts to corruPt JUStin PearCe speaks to campaigning journalist Rafael Marques

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45bOb COlenUtt on the new politics of community action

24doN’t votE labour? miKe manSfield and meliSSa benn discuss who the left should vote for

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