WW archive > Issue 1155 - 18 May 2017
Aim to be a party of extreme opposition
That a Corbyn-led Labour Party would trail way behind in the polls was always eminently predictable. Nevertheless, says James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists, too many on the left are in a panic, are clutching at straws and are sadly deluding themselves about Labour’s manifesto
Letters
Historic PCS; Wreckers; Pathetic; Peak ignorance; Green-washing; Big crunch; Smash unionism; Unrest; Psychedelic vote
The roads to Wannacry
How could an amateurish cyber-attack take down the NHS? Paul Demarty dons his black hat
Dictatorship and ‘democracy’
Yassamine Mather reports on the final days of the presidential election campaign
Up close and personal
The CPGB’s mass entry work in the Labour Party in the late 1930s has been partially obscured by delusions associated with popular frontism, writes Lawrence Parker
With a whimper
Labour’s proposals on union rights amount to mere tinkering, writes Mike Macnair
Keynes or Marx?
What is capital’s driving force? Michael Roberts explores the profit-investment nexus
A route out of paralysis
Is Turkey ‘on the road to fascism’? Such talk is utterly counterproductive, argues Esen Uslu
Not complaining
Give Robbie Rix an extra reason to be happy next week