WW archive > Issue 822 - 17 June 2010
Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the Bronze Age collapse
The full version of Chris Gray's study of the two seminal works of ancient Greek literature will soon be available from the CPGB's website in pamphlet form. Here we begin a two-part abridged version
Letters
Full-throated; Praise sandwich; Hysterical; Battle plan; Crap; Mastery; New boom; Appalled
Union Carbide gets away with murder
Jim Moody looks at the worst recorded industrial accident and US double standards
Star wars results from decay of political culture
The industrial unrest at the Morning Star, involving the Communist Party of Britain and National Union of Journalists, cannot be put down to unreasonable workers, argues James Turley
'Reformists' exposed on first anniversary
As imperialist sanctions are stepped up, leaders of Iran's 'opposition' are in headlong retreat. Yassamine Mather reports on the anniversary of the 2009 rigged elections
Fighting for the planet
There are no technological solutions to environmental destruction under capitalism, argues Eddie Ford
Summer Offensive
Howard Roak emphasises the sinews of war