WW archive > Issue 1556 - 09 October 2025
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‘First phase’ will not bring peace
Negotiations between Hamas and Israel in Sharm El-Sheikh are likely to lead to a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange; however, Gaza’s long-term future remains uncertain. Yassamine Mather explains why Donald Trump’s 20-point plan is nothing more than colonialism dressed up as peace
Letters
Zionist crimes; Rosenbergs info; YP bans?; Leeds YP; Class dictatorship; Autocratic SUtR
Uses and abuses of murder
As Israel’s popularity in the west craters, Sir Keir Starmer and the entire establishment cynically use the attack on Manchester synagogue to abuse and further criminalise protest against genocide, argues Paul Demarty
Red-green hot air
Zack Polanski wants to ‘save Britain’ by making it ‘fair’ and ‘more equal’. But, says Carla Roberts, genuine socialists work to organise the working class to overthrow the capitalist regime
Rightwing bidding war
Kemi Badenoch promises a UK version of America’s ICE, part of a desperate attempt to stem Tory support haemorrhaging to Reform. Not only does this threaten mass deportations, whole areas would be subject to a reign of terror, says Eddie Ford
Opening the second front
Labourism dominates the working class electorate in Australia. Meanwhile, sectarianism dominates the left groups that pass themselves off as Marxist. Brunhilda Olding, a member of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation, welcomes an initiative designed to challenge both labourism and sectarianism
Millions strike for Gaza
For nearly two years the solidarity movement was fringe, small scale and politically ineffective. Not any longer. Tobias Abse reports on the mass strikes and demonstrations triggered by the Israeli attacks on the Global Sumud Flotilla. Israel is undoubtedly losing the propaganda war
Abundant material wealth for all
What sort of manifesto do communists need? One that maximises appeal, inspires with ambition and yet goes with the arc of history, says Ted Reese. We can, he believes, turn ‘Get rich or die trying’ into a communist slogan
The road from Eton College
In the final article of his seven-part series, Paul Flewers grapples with a conundrum. Why did George Orwell, a self-proclaimed socialist, collaborate with the British state’s anti-Soviet propaganda machine?
Who is in control?
Chris Gray reviews Paul Collier Left behind: a new economics for neglected places Penguin 2025, pp304, £10.99