WW archive > Issue 1567 - 08 January 2026
Hands off Venezuela!
Trump is revealing the stark truth of how world politics really works - ‘might is right’. Pleas for a return to ‘international law’ are as pathetic as they are delusional. The working class must become a global power in its own right, says Eddie Ford
Letters
Anti-war YP; Culture bloc YP; Coprophilia; Didn’t win?
How not to overcome anxiety and depression
Australia has taken the lead with its social media ban on under-16s. France, Britain, Spain and other European countries are considering following suit. How should we respond? Don’t fall for the hype, says Scott Evans
Involution and plan
China’s 15th five-year plan is big on artificial intelligence. It will be diffused into every sector of the economy. Meanwhile, because it does not follow the ‘western model’, Michael Roberts argues, the country can plan investments and sustain high growth rates
Left gets itself organised
Carla Roberts excoriates the ‘Christmas referendum’ and welcomes the positive role of Zarah Sultana in the formation of the Grassroots Left Slate. There is, though, the little question of our MPs and other elected representatives living on an average skilled workers’ wage
Old corruption revived
The latest right-populist smear tag is the ‘stakeholder state’, writes Mike Macnair. Fronted by Paul Ovenden, the Murdoch press rails against the bloated state apparatus and turns what is a half-truth into a big lie
Divided regime, divided opposition
Faced with a currency crisis, asphyxiating sanctions, soaring inflation and mass protests, the Islamic Republic also has Trump, who says the US is “locked, loaded and ready to go”. However, Yassamine Mather warns: the left is weak, divided and often hopelessly compromised
Man of his times?
The ascendancy of a young, sexless neo-Nazi with legions of internet fans has caused a political crisis in the American right. What explains the rise of Nick Fuentes and his ‘Groypers’? Paul Demarty investigates