WW archive > Issue 1026 - 18 September 2014
Referenda and direct democracy
Ben Lewis looks at Karl Kautsky’s Parliamentarism and democracy
Letters
Chauvinist; Lesser evil; Scabbing; Plotless; Slogans' run; Vampire lawyers; Anniversary
Compromise is the losing option
Controversy over the ban on abortion has erupted once again, reports Anne McShane
No place for anti-Semitism
A Communist Platform member has been shown the door. Peter Manson reports
Zionism: Quest for legitimacy
Israeli communist Moshé Machover examines the significance of Zionist claims that Israel is the ‘nation-state of the Jewish people’
Catalonia: Backward project of nationalism
Secessionist movements throughout Europe are taking inspiration from the Scottish referendum, writes Eddie Ford
Recalling the nine days
A commitment to official union structures, and an inability to grasp the potential of organisations created by workers in struggle meant the miner's strike was a test most of the left failed, says Mark Fischer
How justice works
Deep pockets, global fame and the lack of jury trials are prone to produce outrageous results, argues Paul Demarty
Good work
Prefer a dead tree version of the Weekly Worker to pore over? Or a fumble on your fondleslab? They both cost money, as Robbie Rix likes to remind us...