WW archive > Issue 1340 - 25 March 2021
Letters
Shadow party?; Scotland; Schadenfreude; Nationalism; Pavements only; Muddel; Wants us dead
One year and counting
While Boris Johnson praises ‘capitalism’ and ‘greed’, his plan to end the lockdown risks thousands more deaths, warns James Linney
Separation showdown looms
With Nicola Sturgeon in the clear, a battle between Holyrood and Westminster over Scottish independence is very much on the cards, argues Paul Demarty
Pax Americana Britannica
The defence review shows that ‘global’ Britain is totally subservient to the US, writes Eddie Ford
Police Bill spin
Mike Macnair says the ‘Old Corruption’ of the 18th and 19th centuries is returning and we need to respond accordingly
Protecting death factories
Tony Greenstein reports on his arrest and week-long detention over a planned direct‑action protest against Elbit, a notorious Israeli arms company
America’s Chernenko
The stumbling, bumbling Joe Biden is like the former Soviet leader in more ways than one, writes Daniel Lazare
Erdoğan tries to cheat unpopularity
Withdrawing from the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence is part of a desperate attempt to stitch together a winning election bloc. Esen Uslu reports
End of a dead end
Last week’s general election saw big losses for the Socialist Party. Predictably, the leadership’s purge of the left has backfired. Emil Jacobs of the SP’s Communist Platform reports
Getting our act together
Derek James of Labour Party Marxists welcomes the coming together of the Labour left. However, the cause of unity must go hand-in-hand with principle
One week to go
Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund