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WW archive > Issue 1194 - 15 March 2018

Racist by definition

Tony Greenstein explains why Israel’s government is introducing a Jewish nation-state law

Letters

No sellout!; Unrealistic; British tanks; That’s democracy; Lesser evilism; ‘Marxist theory’; Fresh mentality

Costs of commodification

Pharmaceutical companies routinely fail to publish negative results of research into new drugs. James Linney looks at the case of antidepressants

Momentum’s loose cannon

Why did Jon Lansman withdraw from the race to become Labour’s new general secretary? Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists looks for answers

Triumph of right populism

Election marks the worst ever performance of the post-World War II left, writes Toby Abse

Trump’s reality show

North Korea’s nuclear strategy appears to have been vindicated, writes Eddie Ford

And the world we live in?

Mike Belbin reviews: Civilisations Thursdays, 9pm, BBC2 - all episodes available on the BBC iPlayer

Dacre and the ‘posh tankies’

Why is the Mail so shocked to discover aristocratic Marxists? Paul Demarty investigates

Crucial

A crucial time, says Robbie Rix

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