WW archive > Issue 1524 - 06 February 2025
Going beyond strikism
Too much of left politics is trade union politics. But what is urgently needed, argues Mike Macnair, is the working class posing a political alternative to capitalist rule
Letters
Centrist fudge; Sparts aim right; Stop debating; Right ‘communist’
March to the right
Reform is now polling ahead of both Labour and the Tories. But our prime focus should not be on the far right. No, says Eddie Ford, we need a principled programme and a working class alternative to Labourism
Making sense of AI wars
Has China caught up with the United States in artificial intelligence? That depends on what the race between the two countries is actually about, says Paul Demarty
Firewall and hot air
Migration is the number one issue. While almost all parties are marching to the right ahead of the February 23 general election, Die Linke’s slight move to the left might well justify a critical vote, argues Carla Roberts
Terror of colonialism
George Evans reviews Caroline Elkins Legacy of violence: a history of the British empire Vintage 2022, pp872, £16.99
Venezuelan lessons
Chris Gray reviews Chris Gilbert Commune or nothing! Venezuela’s communal movement and its socialist project Monthly Review Press 2023, pp216, £18
Weaponising Covid
CIA claims that Covid-19 emerged from a Chinese government-run lab have nothing to do with public health and everything to do with an attack on the poorest in the world, maintains Ian Spencer