WW archive > Issue 1341 - 01 April 2021
Letters
Shrewsbury 24; Day of Action; Broad spectrum; Clusterfuck
Blasphemy laws old and new
Freedom of speech includes the right to criticise, explain and even mock, insists Eddie Ford
Anti-racism as a straitjacket
Boris Johnson's government boasts of its anti-racism, the UN boasts of its anti-racism, the SWP boasts of its anti-racism. Paul Demarty detects more than a whiff of popular frontism
No let up in cold war
What is Joe Biden up to? Daniel Lazare looks at the wild allegations against Xi Jinping and China
AI and our tasks
Yassamine Mather examines the many problems posed for the workers’ movement by artificial intelligence
Capitalism and labour productivity
Even non-Marxists have to admit that Marx was right. Michael Roberts looks at a newly published paper
The Zingaretti aberration
Not surprisingly, the attempt to reinvent social democracy came to nothing. The rightward drift is now set to continue. Toby Abse looks at the dysfunctional parties, factions, fiefdoms and tokenistic gestures which dominate electoral politics
Examining underlying issues
Obviously, there is no genocide going on in China, but we must conduct our own research into what is happening in Xinjiang, urges Foppe de Haan
Focus on big questions
Tory commissioners should concentrate minds, writes Derek James of Labour Party Marxists
Help us out
Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund