WW archive > Issue 1166 - 03 August 2017
Cruel and ignorant
Eddie Ford examines the despicable role of the media and political right in the Charlie Gard case
Letters
Finchley furore; History man; Charade; Venezuela; Poland; Crumbling
Genuine, consistent solidarity
The clerical regime was reactionary from the start, writes Yassamine Mather - even though there were those who claimed it was ‘moving towards the socialist camp’
Rhetoric and political realities
A ‘rule of law’ which protects property rights above all else guarantees nothing but authoritarian demagogy, argues Mike Macnair
Heritability - biological and social
In the third article of a four-part series Mike Belbin discusses ‘inherent character’. Today this is no longer ascribed as racial, but is put down to a person’s genes
Record of resistance
Christina Black went to see: Soul of a nation - art in the age of black power Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1. Ends October 22
What Zionists want suppressed
Tony Greenstein reviews: Thomas Suarez, State of terror - how terrorism created modern Israel, Skyscraper Publications, 2016, pp418, £20
Witch-hunt continues
As the Ken Livingstone case demonstrates, the right’s call for ‘party unity’ should not be taken at face value, argues David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists
Getting to the truth
Communist University isn't for pushing a line, says Peter Manson, but do push some cash this way