WW archive > Issue 1539 - 22 May 2025
Silence of the Beeb
Israel is using food as a weapon of war. Despite recent token gestures, the Gazan population faces starvation. David Lammy huffs and puffs but allows the export of arms to continue. As for Donald Trump, says Ian Spencer, he is more interested in real-estate deals
Letters
Transition debate; Stalin praise; Kneecap; Long game
Death by degrees
It is not just Netanyahu and his far right coalition government. Ethnic cleansing and genocide are built into the DNA of the Zionist project. And, of course, the British state is fully complicit, explains Eddie Ford
Centuries of Stalinism?
What is the nature of the transition from capitalism to communism? In the first of a series, Mike Macnair begins with the ideas of the 1950s Fourth International and how ‘official communists’ see things today
Red lines and regional gambits
Trump’s visit to the Middle East garnered all manner of mega-sized business deals. However, unspoken, in the background, there were two looming issues, Gaza and the US-Iran nuclear talks. Yassamine Mather looks at the likelihood of an agreement
Everyone wants to join
While Corbyn and his trusted aides prepare to launch yet another soft left party, the SWP acts as foot soldiers … including for born-again Green leftie, Zack Polanski. Carla Roberts reports from Sheffield
Electoral front goes national
Victorian Socialists are establishing franchises across the country. Marcus Strom looks at the background, the manoeuvring, the programmatic poverty - but welcomes the formation of the Communist Platform
Gangs of Glasgow
What lies behind the current upsurge in violence? Scott Evans looks at the history, the drugs trade - and commends the policy of harm-reduction and professional supervision when it comes to drug use
Starmer among strangers
Conceivably, Sir Keir’s anti-migrant bile might be a cynical manoeuvre. The real target could well be not Reform, but the beleaguered Tories. Setting up a straight Labour-Reform fight at the next general election would, so the calculation goes, see a sure Labour victory. Paul Demarty investigates