Issue 1535 - 24 April 2025
Case of judicial usurpation
The Supreme Court decision on the legal definition of ‘woman’ poses more questions than it answers, but there can be no doubt that it marks a huge victory for the Tory Party and the rightwing media, says Mike Macnair
Letters
Trans women; Irreconcilable; Hamas out; Valued comrade; Great man
What’s the point?
It was going to be the left electoral alternative. But the SWP soon found itself with no takers. Then the back peddling began, leaving We Demand Change as a completely pointless exercise, says Carla Roberts
Lies, damned lies and viruses
Trump is determined to use every propaganda weapon against China, so, argues Ian Spencer, it is time, once again, to blame it for the Covid-19 pandemic
Death of an absolute monarch
Pope Francis liked to parade his simple life, his identification with the poor and downtrodden. But, shows Jack Conrad, he turned a blind eye to mass killing and presided over a fabulously wealthy and thoroughly compromised institution
Netanyahu is rebuffed
Israel wants Iran attacked, degraded and broken. But the latest US-Iran talks make it clear who is in charge, argues Yassamine Mather
Rise of DEV-GEN Z
University students and high school students have taken the lead. Workers too have moved into action. Esen Uslu reports
MAGA versus Harvard
With America’s oldest university offering token resistance to the attacks of the Trump administration, Paul Demarty looks at academic freedom and the parlous state of higher education