WeeklyWorker

Issue 1521 - 16 January 2025

Decade of disaster

Last year was the hottest ever recorded and deadly heat looks like our future, writes Eddie Ford - even if we overcome capitalism

Letters

Hamas to blame; United front; Disappeared; Key allies?; Symptom; Ombudsman; In the open; Occam’s razor

Atmospheric blow-dryer

Danny Hammill argues that the LA wildfires have been made hellishly worse by urban sprawl, budget cuts and, most of all, global warming

Rise of lifeboat imperialism

What’s the big deal about Greenland? Paul Demarty examines Donald Trump’s promised new wave of American continental colonial expansion

Where the Tories left off

The ‘elective reform plan’ clearly indicates that NHS privatisation and general deterioration will continue under this current iteration of government, writes James Linney

Anti-partyist partyism

Mike Macnair continues his series of articles on the ‘party question’ by turning to the negative critique and unsupported spin of Lawrence Parker

Second-round progress

Old gripes, past differences and silly diversions should not be allowed to get in our way. Communists are determined to unite - not when it comes to a perfect future, but in the here and now. Jack Conrad reports

Baleful influence continues

His death has been celebrated by the left. Paul Russell looks at the life, politics and family feuds of Jean-Marie Le Pen

Turmoil and divisions

Far from HTS bringing stability, things continue to fragment. Yassamine Mather looks at the continued hold of rebel groups and the frustrations of neighbouring Arab states

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