WW archive > Issue 1455 - 10 August 2023
Other theories, other labels
If, after the launch of the first five-year plan, the Soviet Union cannot be classified as a workers’ state, what was it? Jack Conrad looks at some alternatives that have been offered by different schools of thought
Letters
My solution; Sustainable; Zetkin’s legacy; Confusion; Neo-Nazi Ukraine; George Shaw
Communist University 2023
A week of provocative and stimulating debates: Saturday August 12 to Saturday August 19 (inclusive)
Fuelling the politics of hate
Once again the Tories are targeting migrants. Bibby Stockholm is meant to serve as a deterrent but, in fact, it’s a political weapon designed to prevent electoral meltdown, argues Kevin Bean
Closer to the brink
Donald Trump faces numerous legal challenges. Despite that he runs neck-and-neck with Joe Biden in the polls and could well win the next presidential election. Daniel Lazare gives his take on the pending constitutional crisis
Gambler of Riyadh
From sportswashing to megacities: what is MBS up to? Paul Demarty investigates the grandiose Vision 2030
Empty promises, real threats
James Linney picks apart the NHS workforce plan and warns that Sir Keir’s Labour is committed to exactly the same agenda of privatisation and austerity
Blood on their hands
Ian Spencer examines the infected blood scandal. A tale of political incompetence, corporate greed, imperialism and extreme poverty
Celebrating a mass murderer
Christopher Nolan (screenplay/director) Oppenheimer Universal Pictures, general release
Land, sea and air records
Yet more grim statistics show that the planet is getting hotter and hotter, writes Eddie Ford. Meanwhile the Tories are denouncing eco-zealots, campaigning against Ulez and granting yet more oil and gas concessions