Issue 1511 - 17 October 2024
Can we meet the challenge?
Milton and Sahara flooding are extreme weather events triggered by human-induced global warming, writes Eddie Ford. The danger is that they will become the norm
Letters
Nuclear fascism; Ultra-dogmatist; Timing stinks; Viva coal!; Revolving door
Slippery road ahead
Kurdish politics are hugely complex. Not only do they involve a dizzy range of parties, factions and interests: there are the regional power players too. Esen Uslu looks at the ever changing alliances and positions
Wrong and right war politics
Escalation, Storm Shadows and the danger of nuclear war between Russia and Nato should not be dismissed as a diversion, as unnecessary and dull. Jack Conrad replies to critics and welcomes a recent development
Symbol of fatuity
Beginning as a left nationalist, he ended up as a nothing. A common pattern. Mike Macnair argues that claims for Scottish independence are illusory because small nations can never really be independent
Remains our bedrock
Michael Roberts reviews Ahmet Tonak and Sungar Savran In the tracks of Marx’s Capital: debates in Marxian political economy and lessons for 21st century capitalism Palgrave Macmillan 2024, pp485, £99
Leave or starve
Threats to halt the supply of some arms owe more to next month’s presidential election than any real concern for the population of north Gaza. Meanwhile, the world awaits Israel’s latest ‘retaliation’ against Iran. Yassamine Mather reports on a region spiralling into hell