WW archive > Issue 1594 - 16 July 2026
Return of the military option
Trump is threatening to dramatically escalate attacks. In return Iran strikes against America’s regional allies. There is a distinct danger, warns Yassamine Mather, of a wider conflagration
Letters
You’re all mad; Anti-Zionist fool; You’re unwelcome; N-word shocking; N-word secondary; Anti-Semitism; Don’t say it; Off kilter
End dictatorial control
Whether it is Spain or Argentina, the lasting legacy of the 2026 World Cup will be the open violation of football’s integrity by its own governing body. The game cannot be left in the hands of FIFA, insists Paul Demarty
Anyone but England?
Despite going down to Argentina, there is still England vs France. Should we apply Lenin’s revolutionary defeatism to this and other matches? Can such an approach win the masses to revolution, or does it leave revolutionaries isolated from the masses? Carl Collins looks at football culture
Final death throes
Rebellion on the YP leadership cannot save the Corbyn party, says Carla Roberts - and not only because it will continue to be dominated by his right-hand woman, Karie Murphy
Principles and guidelines
Ever expanding rules, elaborate procedures and three-minute limits are a gift to bureaucrats and the full-time apparatus. Mike Macnair argues for openness, time for debate and the right to organise around alternative perspectives
Nigel Farage and rule 5
The mainstream media is bigging up a candidate dressed as a bin. But the only way to really see off the threat from Nigel Farage and the far right is by fighting for independent working class politics, argues Eddie Ford