WW archive > Issue 1263 - 08 August 2019
The clock is the spur
Only a national government can stop Brexit, and that would mean splitting the Labour Party, reckons Eddie Ford.
Letters
Not Marxism; Fifth column; Internationalist; Glory be
Abuse and cover-ups
Even as the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse reveals yet more evidence of systematic rapes and sexual assaults, Peter Manson asks why Tom Watson still faces attack over his role in the Carl Beech affair.
Reject the IHRA
The decision of Tower Hamlets council to refuse to host the Big Ride for Palestine is both cowardly and shameful, writes Tony Greenstein
Widening frame of debate
Mike Macnair begins an examination of the ‘Kautsky debate’ that is taking place on the US left.
Island illusions
The political crisis in Hong Kong needs to be seen in the context of global politics, argues Paul Demarty.
Poised to invade Rojava
Esen Uslu examines Erdoğan’s plans for establishing protectorates in Kurdish areas in Syria and Iraq.
World’s scariest economist?
She advises Labour, Democratic Party hopefuls and the Scottish first minister. Michael Roberts critiques the ideas of Mariana Mazzucato.
Marx’s vision
In his second article, Nick Rogers concludes that there is no basis in the writing of Marx for Lenin’s schema of socialism and communism. Marx wrote no blueprints for how the future society should be organised.
Concentric circles
Update on the CPGB's Summer Offensive for 2019