A letter dated December 10, 1996, by Keith Bennett expressing views on the Taliban seizure of Kabul, the murder of former President Najibullah, and the Chinese Communist Party's policy towards Afghanistan. The letter discusses historical and geopolitical contexts including the Sino-Soviet dispute and the Afghan revolutionary movement's factions, cautioning against simplistic judgments on Chinese policy and emphasizing the complexity of regional dynamics.

A letter by Keith Bennett published in New Worker on November 23, 1996, discussing Steve Lawton's review of Jennifer S Palmer's book on Cedric Belfrage, addressing issues in US communist and progressive movements, critiques of New Left revisionism versus CPUSA revisionism, and the history and political stance of The Guardian newspaper in the US left-wing milieu.