WW archive > Issue 1568 - 15 January 2026
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Reject all dead ends
We support the mass protests against the dictatorial regime, writes Yassamine Mather. However, we must also intransigently oppose Trump’s threat of US intervention and any kind of return of the monarchy
Letters
YP Scotland; Western fantasy; Don’t be critical; Cricket anyone?; Twitter threat; Wake up
No return to past
Off to a bumpy start
Carla Roberts urges the Grassroots Left slate to change track, open up and reject calls for confidentiality and secrecy. Transparency is not a weakness, but a strength
Drawing a clear red line
Zionism is an inverted form of racism. Pro-Zionists should not be in an explicitly anti-Zionist organisation. Jack Conrad urged the Socialist Unity Platform to stand by its agreed principles
Secrets, spin and smears
Factional differences are being fought out using the state machine, unattributable media briefings and bureaucratic information control. Mike Macnair investigates the latest attack on Zarah Sultana and her associates
Their days were numbered
Deindustrialisation and reliance on commodity exports makes any independent economic policy impossible, argues Michael Roberts. Certainly the unpopularity of the Maduro regime was closely linked to the falling price of oil
No trust in the state
Despite Elon Musk’s climbdown, there is still talk of further legislation to restrict X and other social media platforms. But should the left trust Keir Starmer and Liz Kendall when it comes to policing online content? Paul Demarty thinks not