WW archive > Issue 1446 - 08 June 2023
Notes on the war
With Kyiv’s long-trailed military offensive now seemingly underway, Jack Conrad warns that we should still expect a prolonged, bitter war of attrition and eventually a US attempt to encircle and strangle China
Letters
Diverted; Trotskyist error; Peace-bringers; Tony’s shortfall
Gloomy shades of death
Attended by a maximum of just 19 members, the online AGM testified to complete strategic failure. Kevin Bean reads the last rites
Labour and Lubner’s millions
Starmer’s new megadonor threatens to outweigh the influence of the unions, argues Paul Demarty
Knavery and folly
Mike Macnair considers the latest stage in the Tory culture-war campaign for freedom of (only) Conservative speech
Biden dodges a bullet
While an immediate financial abyss has been avoided, Daniel Lazare sees all the tell-tale signs of long‑term imperial decline
Charting a difficult course
How to move the DSA away from the Democratic Party’s left fringes? The answer lies in democratic centralism. Parker McQueeney answers Red Labor
Dreadful notes of preparation
Yassamine Mather looks at the high-stakes diplomatic game being played out and the danger of cold war turning into a hot war