WW archive > Issue 1561 - 13 November 2025
The party and the hangover
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York’s mayoral election is well-deserved and rightly celebrated. But the American left must insist on accountability, writes Paul Demarty
Letters
YP Plymouth; Trust the media
Hypocrisy and hot air
No wonder there is anger and frustration. With no official US presence at Cop30, it is inevitable that the 1.5°C target set in Paris will not be met, writes Eddie Ford
Heads roll at BBC
We should not join the rightwing attacks - that almost goes without saying. But the idea that the BBC objectively reports anything is a myth. We need our own, working class, media, says Yassamine Mather
Thesis and synthesis
After a lengthy period of consideration, the November 9 CPGB membership aggregate debated and adopted theses on trans liberation. The other subject for discussion was the forthcoming Your Party founding conference in Liverpool and the danger of a witch-hunt against the organised left. Ian Spencer reports
Communism and trans liberation
Intersectionalism has been firmly rejected, as has tailing feminism, of both the liberal and conservative varieties. Instead we have a clear working class position. Mike Macnair explains the reasoning. Below, the agreed theses
Avoid the quota trap
Conference will be a pseudo-democratic stitch-up. A rally with star speakers, lots of clapping and the occasional Zoom vote. Carla Roberts reports on those who, no matter what their differences, want to do things differently
Our joint key amendments
2,400 years jail threat
Erdoğan’s governing coalition is deeply split and many predict defeat or a new coalition. Meanwhile, Ekrem İmamoğlu, his closest rival, faces a lifetime in prison. Esen Uslu looks at the shifting political alignments