WW archive > Issue 1597 - 06 August 2026
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Republics don’t grow on trees
According to pollsters the king is more popular than ever. So much for the reassuring reformist dream that Charles would kill the monarchy all on his own, writes Paul Demarty
Letters
Two titans?; Terrorists so-called; Animal rights; It’s not cricket; Unite election; Red escorts
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They will keep coming
Driven by lack of opportunity, poverty, wars, social chaos and climate change, millions of Africans head north in the hope of eventually getting to Europe, Ceuta being just an extreme example. So, asks Eddie Ford, how should the workers’ movement respond?
Aping Harvey Weinstein
Demanding that elected members of the central executive committee sign non-disclosure agreements is surely a sign of complete political, moral and organisational bankruptcy, says Carla Roberts. Jeremy Corbyn and Karie Murphy ought to hang their heads in shame
World order in disorder
Has Iran won its war with America? Has China’s century arrived? What about Russia and the war in Ukraine? Yassamine Mather interviewed Mike Macnair for the leftwing Iranian online channel, Jonbesh TV
Beyond whose pale?
Pauline Hanson’s far-right One Nation is on the rise. Its politics are undoubtedly bigoted and vile, but are they that different from the bourgeois mainstream? David Lockwood warns against simplistic responses
Infantino’s botched coup
FIFA’s president has survived for the moment, but his attempt to sell off the World Cup spectacularly backfired. Carl Collins says communists can organise supporters to take control of the beautiful game