WW archive > Issue 1442 - 11 May 2023
Kinesics of defiance
Open rejection of the coronation circus from Charles’s mischievous subjects are a reminder that the image of Britain as overwhelmingly pro-monarchy is a lie, hurrahs Paul Demarty
Letters
Identity politics; Israel and class; Over-touchy; Stop supplies; Mass resistance; Hammer and anvil; Homeless
On course for No10
Labour had a good night, the Tories a horrible one. But, asks Kevin Bean, should we aim for a Labour Party mark 2 or should we aim for something higher, something far more useful?
Smother, stifle and suppress
Saturday’s coronation was accompanied by a clampdown on anti-monarchy protestors. Eddie Ford wonders what the state would do if faced with a serious republican movement
Blame the system itself
Self-defence is no offence, insists Daniel Lazare. The death of Jordan Neely was an avoidable tragedy
Part of the stream
MS Kia Sliding into revolution: a doctor’s memories of life, love and revolution Lulu 2022, pp330, £14.96
Party, unions and programme
Kent Kiser and Awi Blanc of the Red Labor Caucus take issue with Parker McQueeney and call for the DSA to make an immediate ‘clean break’ with the Democratic Party
Rates up, economy down
Claims by bankers that, by upping interest rates, inflation will be pulled down are fallacious. Michael Roberts presents a Marxist explanation