WW archive > Issue 1598 - 27 August 2026
New records for old
Civilisation itself is in danger. Heatwave after heatwave gives a terrifying glimpse of what the future holds. And now, after the thunderstorms and floods, we face a sixth heatwave, writes Eddie Ford
Letters
Authoritarian DSA; Animal rights; Unite and SWP; Soviet sex; Sex work
Heatwaves and excess deaths
Our bodies themselves are sending a clear message: something must be done about global warming as a matter of urgency. Already, reports James Linney, many thousands - perhaps millions - are needlessly dying
Supporting Palestine is no crime
Tony Greenstein was tried at Kingston Crown Court on charges of “inviting support for a proscribed terrorist organisation” - namely Hamas. He faced a possible 14-year sentence. Judge Sarah Plaschkes repeatedly warned him not to treat the proceedings as a “political forum”, threatened him with contempt and even dismissed these powerful closing remarks of his as the ramblings of an old man. The jury took just two hours and seven minutes to unanimously find him not guilty
Partyism in theory and practice
Communist University was a model of internationalism, and openings and discussion were of a high quality throughout. But we are not complacent - there should have been a much bigger attendance, says Carla Roberts
Free-wheeling dialectic
Readings from Bertolt Brecht, Darko Suvin, Bill McGuire, Jimmy Reid and Aeschylus. Tam Dean Burn reports on the CU culture sessions
Fraudsters, great and small
He was undoubtedly the tragic victim of an openly racist attack dog and a baying mainstream media. However, maintaining that Jason Arday was not guilty of plagiarism is worse than useless. We need the truth about him and, more importantly, the whole neoliberal university system, argues Paul Demarty
Slingshots and arrows
Andy Hannah reviews Luke Kemp Goliath’s curse: the history and future of societal collapse Penguin Viking, 2025, pp579, £25
Upping the sanctions war
Having predictably failed to overthrow the Tehran regime through air power, the US has turned to threatening Iran’s trading partners, the most important being China, of course. Not surprisingly, says Yassamine Mather, there is no sign of a deal happening in the immediate future