Issue 1681 - 16 April 2026
Funeral games
Secret votes, gagging orders and hunting down whistleblowers. Yet, apart from rotten politics, there is nothing to hide. By imposing a needless bureaucratic dictatorship and purging the left, the Corbyn clique is killing what it imagines it is protecting. Carla Roberts reports
Letters
Pox on ’em; OCF clarity; Red capitalism; War opponents; Bloomin’ roses
Trickle-down effect
Evidence suggests that the El Niño phenomenon is of increasing frequency and intensity, with the possibility of a ‘super’ event any time soon. Anthropogenic global warming could easily be a big influence, writes Eddie Ford
End of something special
Viktor Orbán’s downfall is a blow to the Trumpist ‘fascist international’. But Péter Magyar is no liberal. He comes from the far right and remains on the far right, says Paul Demarty
Possibilities and perceptions
Marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Jack Conrad highlights the failure of the ‘official’ lefts both in the trade unions and the Labour Party. However, while there was betrayal, there were also objective limits to what could have been achieved
Agreeing the best model
To stand or not to stand in elections has long divided the left. Marx argued for standing. But on what programme, around what issues? On April 11 the Netherlands Communistisch Platform held a day-school to discuss ‘Marxism and electoralism’. Mike Macnair and Rogier Specht provided introductions
Two irreconcilable positions
Will the current ceasefire lead to a lasting peace deal, or is it merely a tactical breathing space from one phase of an unresolved war to the next? Yassamine Mather looks at the complex issues involved