WW archive > Issue 1376 - 16 December 2021
Victim of vengeful US mafia
Julian Assange has been patiently, unrelentingly pursued. Mike Macnair highlights the complicity of the UK state and courts and the failure of the left
Letters
All wrong; Class is central; Second amendment; Dictatorship; Irrelevant; Old baloney
Sheen comes off bluster and boosterism
Derek James looks at the stunning Tory rebellion over Covid-19 safety measures and Labour’s lead in the polls
Commemoration message
As read out at the December 11 online meeting to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of an exiled Turkish revolutionary leader
Fun and punishment
Crazily, the government wants to intensify the cruel and unwinnable ‘war on drugs’. Eddie Ford, on the other hand, wants to call it off and legalise all drugs
The future that ended
Three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the causes and consequences still elude most of the left, writes Paul Demarty
Something serious is needed
It is clear that Tony Greenstein has abandoned any pretence of adhering to class politics: that is, the class politics of the working class. Jack Conrad defends the Marxist programme against those who advocate yet another broad-front halfway house
Getting BDS and DSA right
Not surprisingly, last week’s article by Daniel Lazare, ‘Taking a pass on Israel’, has caused some considerable controversy. Thankfully, three well-informed comrades have written replies. Needless to say, our sympathies are fully with the critics
Vienna means everything
Negotiations are proceeding through carrot and stick brinkmanship on both sides. Meanwhile, reports Yassamine Mather, workers are striking and protesting out of sheer desperation
End-of-year break
Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund