WW archive > Issue 1596 - 30 July 2026
Hell on Earth
Record temperatures, intense rainfall, terrifying whirlwinds and murderous wildfires - all are sure signs of a runaway climate crisis that can only get worse. The solution cannot lie in tinkering with capitalism. There has to be climate communism, argues Eddie Ford
Letters
‘Partyist’ leader?; DSYP marsh; N-word bore; Union factions; Day of mourning; Irish visionaries?; Family abolition
Sleaze at the seaside
Can Farage get out from under the mounting corruption allegations against him and his party? As bad as it looks, don’t bet against him, warns Paul Demarty. For certaiun, negative SWP campaign won’t make an iota of difference
Guided by conscience, not judges
Prompted by Rajiv Menon KC being prosecuted for contempt over his defiant Palestine Action defence speech, Mike Macnair shows that the struggle to defend and extend the jury system has a long and contested history
No bans, no coalitions
There are calls to end the ‘firewall’ against the AfD, there are calls to ban it too. Carla Roberts says we need independent working class politics and our own ‘firewall’ against coalitions with bourgeois parties
Playing for highest stakes
Hyperscalers are banking on two colossal assumptions. First, that AI will be profitable - eventually. Second, that there will be widespread demand for AI - and soon. Michael Roberts investigates
Capitalism’s compressed game
Cricket was born in rural England and spread globally alongside British colonialism. Nowadays, however, India is the dominant force and, as shown by The Hundred, commercial considerations rule, says Carl Collins
Nothing is fixed or finished
We are seeking to establish a collective of artists, musicians, scientists, academics and activists who can work together across a range of performative platforms. Tam Dean Burn looks forward to the evening culture sessions at this year’s CU
Oppose both imperialism and tyranny
Trump promises to mete out a beating. Saudi Arabia becomes directly involved. Pezeshkian urges Iranians to stand firm against the enemy. Yassamine Mather explains why the ceasefire could not hold