WW archive > Issue 1029 - 09 October 2014
The IS conundrum
The siege of Kobanê raises more questions than it answers, writes Yassamine Mather
Letters
Just a phase; Pointless; National solution; Not Zionist; Scurrilous; Alternative?
Employers attempt to outmanoeuvre unions
Will Pragnell reports on developments in Unison
SWP: Business as usual
Membership is officially down by a thousand. Debate has shrivelled to next to nothing. Peter Manson reviews Internal Bulletin No1
LRC: Inclusivity and intolerance
Some leading members are displaying an unhealthy aversion to dissenting views. Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists attended the final meeting of its outgoing national committee
Italy: New attack on workers’ rights
The former ‘official communists’ are being dragged further and further to the right, observes Toby Abse
WWI: How did it all happen?
Douglas Newton The darkest days: the truth behind Britain’s rush to war, 1914 Verso, 2014, pp386, £20
Fall and fall of Nick Griffin
It may be curtains for the BNP, writes Eddie Ford, but its demise has very little to do with the SWP or Unite Against Fascism
Oasis between bible groups
Communists on campus are still swimming against the tide, reports Ben Lewis
Holes in the balance sheet
As the general election approaches, Paul Demarty wonders what happened to the left’s ebullient predictions four years ago
Unreliable
The WW webteam are doing the best they can here, but Robbie Rix is a hard man to please