WW archive > Issue 1435 - 23 March 2023
We cause offence
Following the lead of the liberal bourgeoisie, the dominant section of the left takes a ‘free speech, but ...’ approach. Jack Conrad defends the unrestricted right to organise, strike, assemble … and speak
Letters
Inconvenient?; EHRC and racism; Class content; Earth to Lazare; War on drugs; Wicked or stupid; Korean censor; Consensus unity
Justice of the victors
Talk of putting Vladimir Putin on trial in The Hague shows how the west is seeking the total defeat of Russia, writes Eddie Ford. But will president Xi come to the aid of his ‘dear friend’?
Counting stolen elections
At last we have definitive confirmation that the Republicans were urging Iran not to release US hostages until Ronald Reagan was elected. Daniel Lazare comments
From order to chaos
Why has so much of the left collapsed into social-imperialism? Why the continued illusions in US intervention? Mike Macnair talked to Hands off the People of Iran in a meeting hosted by Yassamine Mather
A fruitless crown
The contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon has proved unexpectedly fraught. Scott Evans reports on a movement that has run out of options
Turning retreat into attack
Why are so many trade union officials settling for below-inflation deals? Kevin Bean says unions must be democratised, and renewed strength used to beat Rishi Sunak’s latest anti-trade union legislation
Online Communist Forum
Sunday March 19 5pm - 'Climate change, peak strikes and the banking crisis: a week in politics'
Communist University 2023 Summer
Saturday August 12 to Saturday August 19 (inclusive)
Do the necessary
Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund