WW archive > Issue 1416 - 27 October 2022
Rishi’s one real god
What is this mysterious thing called ‘the market’ that proposes and disposes of prime minsters? Paul Demarty looks at what controls the controllers
Letters
Bad faith?; Trotskyist?; Inexplicable; Understanding; Labour dead; Republic
Tories in a hole
Rishi Sunak may have been crowned by MPs, writes Eddie Ford. But he faces a near impossible task of uniting his chronically divided party, let alone solving the economic crisis
Cold war set to heat up
Michael Roberts expects a turn to self-reliance, urges less reliance on the capitalist sector and calls for democratic planning
War intensifies at home
Having defied midterm gravity for months, the Democrats are back to self-destruction. Daniel Lazare reports on the latest legal move against Donald Trump
Performative anti-fascism
With the far-right Fratelli d’Italia forming a government in Italy, the SWP warns of the danger, but calls for … street protests. Mike Macnair offers a critique
Follow the leader
How did the original adherents of a fierce critic of capitalism end up praising rightwing nationalism? Paul Flewers gives the lowdown on a strange journey
Give up on Starmer’s party
Dave Vincent reviews Ten years hard Labour by Chris Williamson (Lola Books, 2022, pp406)
Welcome to Britaly
Because it is in steep decline, the British capitalist class has lost control over what is now a fractious, incompetent and thoroughly corrupt Conservative Party. Not a few are looking to Labour for salvation, reports Kevin Bean
£650 in five days!
Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund