WW archive > Issue 1336 - 25 February 2021
Letters
Online picket; Don’t be silent; Marxist duty; Free Assange; Just a prop; No border
No escape from Earth
Dreams of Martian colonies cannot substitute for revolutionary change on this planet, argues Paul Demarty
The Firm vs the Sussexes
Monarchy is part reality TV show, part constitutional check on democracy, writes Eddie Ford
Trying to reverse the irreversible
‘We’re back!’ cries Biden. But, asks Daniel Lazare, will its allies welcome the US as the undisputed global hegemon once again?
The misuses of Gramsci
Quoted by charlatans to provide an air of magic, praised for his ambiguities, more revered than read: David Broder calls for a serious engagement with a political strategy that still has considerable relevance
Luddite delusions
Our arguments about energy forms must be based on solid grounds, says an insistent Emil Jacobs
A century of dependency
Foreign intervention did not come to an end with the 1979 revolution. No, as shown by Yassamine Mather, Iran’s Islamic rulers are more than willing to do the bidding of US-controlled international institutions
Mission impossible
Michael Roberts reviews 'Mission economy: a moonshot guide to changing capitalism' by Mariana Mazzucato
Hollow man for hollow times
Much hyped though it was, the ‘new chapter’ speech was a ‘painting by numbers’ exercise in political platitudes, writes James Harvey
Four days to go
Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund