WW archive > Issue 1558 - 23 October 2025
Sir Keir Starmer’s ultras
Why is the British government and the entire political class doing PR for Israeli football hooligans? It is just the perverse consequence of subordination to American interests, argues Paul Demarty
Letters
Keen SWP; YP Sheffield; Free speech?; No Ukraine split; Dave Arrowsmith; Dictatorship again
A study in control freakery
The four founding documents need at the very least serious revision. However, there are no official channels whereby members and branches can exert an influence, let alone take control, says Carla Roberts
Down memory lane
Some are extraordinarily reluctant to face up to the global dynamics ushered in by the 1989-91 collapse. China cannot be substituted for the USSR. Neither can we revive the Spirit of ’45 nor the promises of Keynesianism. Mike Macnair explores the perspectives of the CPB’s EC and the SWP’s CC
Bleach new reality
We are on the brink of catastrophic climate tipping points, like the bleaching of coral reefs and Amazon forest dieback, writes Eddie Ford. Meanwhile, the political class puts economic growth front and centre
This son of York
Jack Conrad remembers an old India hand, a former WRP member, a printer, a layout artist and a dedicated communist partisan. Phil Railston (Kent), September 2 1942-October 17 2025
About being subsidised
American socialists debated how to finance their press. With the spam and adverts clogging left websites and podcasts, this has some considerable contemporary relevance. Then there are the state hand-outs to the Morning Star. Much better to rely on loyal readers. This article comes from the August 3 1913 edition of The New York Call
Gold goes sky high
Under classical capitalism, gold served as the universal commodity. But those days have long gone. So what lies behind the surge in the price of gold? Michael Roberts investigates
Survival is a kind of victory
As Hamas moves to reassert control in Gaza, where does the Trump ‘peace deal’ leave it? There can be no question that it has been severely weakened militarily, but now it has gained a reprieve, argues Yassamine Mather