WW archive > Issue 1158 - 08 June 2017
Left should not stand on sidelines
Help defeat the Blairite right by winning all unions to affiliate to Labour, urges Peter Manson
Letters
Dogma; Merry-go-round; Vote Corbyn; No support; What we need
No victory for progress
The new taoiseach is anything but progressive, writes Anne McShane. He opposes abortion and women’s rights
Self-deception and apologetics
The AWL cannot bring itself to condemn imperialist interventions in principle, writes Mike Macnair
A forgotten strategist
Ben Lewis introduces Karl Kautsky’s article of April 1917
Prospects of the Russian Revolution
Kautsky saw the events of spring 1917 as having a global significance. Even though now a renegade, he was still capable of considerable foresight
Growth for the sake of growth
US withdrawal from the Paris agreement demonstrates a contempt for the future of the planet. However, Eddie Ford argues that only socialism, not capitalist techno fixes, can prevent ecological degradation
So much for the ‘Arab Nato’
What lies behind the Saudi-Qatar split? Yassamine Mather investigates
Difficult times ahead
Macron appears to be hankering after some form of Gaullist rule. But what of the left? René Gimpel looks at the programmes, prospects and divisions in the run-up to the June 18 elections
Bitter taste of victory
Can Ukip recover from its present decline? Paul Demarty thinks not
Strange publicity
Robbie Rix welcomes a bump in readership, but wants a bump in donations