WW archive > Issue 1252 - 23 May 2019
After Theresa has gone
If Boris Johnson becomes Tory leader, a general election will soon follow. If he wins that election, Brexit and a joined-at-the-hip alliance with Donald Trump is on the cards. Eddie Ford reports on latest developments and future possibilities
Letters
Shocking; Safe spaces; Diplomatic corps; Mass; Rank hypocrisy; Loose cannon; ‘Anti-Semitism’; EU elections; Building unions
Take a class stand
Peter Manson condemns leftwing traitors - both of the open kind and the silent kind
Reclaiming democratic centralism
One of the major issues raised by the Renewal Faction of America’s now liquidated ISO was the managerial regime that underpins the Cliffite tradition internationally. But there is bureaucratic centralism and democratic centralism. Mike Macnair continues his investigation
Stepping up the threats
Trump is garnering support for his crusade against Iran, but there is widespread opposition too, reports Yassamine Mather
What passes for democracy
Erdoğan is desperate to prevent the opposition from taking control in Istanbul, writes Esen Uslu
Neither kings nor bureaucrats
US author and political broadcaster Suzi Weissman reports on the miraculous organisation of a conference on Leon Trotsky, which took place in Havana
BDS on the march and under fire
The witch hunt against those who campaign against Israeli settler-colonialism is unlikely to end any time soon, observes Paul Demarty