WW archive > Issue 1030 - 16 October 2014
Threat of social breakdown
The Ebola outbreak in west Africa is a product of structural poverty and politics, argues Simon Wells
Letters
Secretive; Communalism?; Threefold; Red-brown Trots; Sales room; Minimum wage; Proud
Show of defiance
Peter Manson calls for fresh thinking to reinvigorate the unions
Unison left: Carry on regardless
As the employers stood firm in the local government dispute, not unexpectedly the union leaders buckled. But the left has no answers, writes Will Pragnell
Going nowhere fast
As Germany slides toward recession, writes Eddie Ford, indefinite stagnation seems to be on the cards for the euro zone - which is bad news for George Osborne
Models and humanitarian myths
Die Linke is plumbing ever greater opportunist depths, writes Ben Lewis
Democratic revolution and the contradiction of capital
What is meant by a ‘democratic republic’? Chris Cutrone critiques Mike Macnair’s Revolutionary strategy
Violence and the miners
Another Leninist reprint - with salutary lessons for some in Left Unity today, says Mark Fischer
Modest expectations
Mark Fischer is impressed by a more sober and realistic attitude on the part of leading members
UKIP: Something to smile about
Last week’s by-elections have proved once and for all that Nigel Farage and his party are a force to be reckoned with, notes Paul Demarty
Blossoming
Would the Weekly Worker by any other name still smell as sweet?