WW archive > Issue 896 - 12 January 2012
Of kings and Kims
Given the media's love of pomp and circumstance - and hereditary monarchy - there is no little hypocrisy in its mocking of North Korea, argues Eddie Ford
Letters
Nationalism; Not so easy; Gulag bait; Wet dreams; Cover-up; Cheesy; Ologies; HM puzzle; So modest; Too kind
Sovereign busworkers fight back
Gerry Downing, secretary of Grass Roots Left, calls for the rank and file to act against union sell-outs
Politics of fear and despair
Paul B Smith calls on the left to face up to the challenge of class-consciousness. This is the first part of a three-part article
Glasman's new old pantomime
Blogger Steve Hanson critiques Maurice Glasman's take on Labour, race and class
Optimistic
Robbie Rix looks forward to the year ahead
No surrender on article 18
Toby Abse reports on the intransigent defence of Italy's Workers' Statute coming from an unexpected source
A load of old balls
Racism persists in society - but, as recent scandals show, serious analysis has been replaced by moral hysteria, argues James Turley
Preparing for the second wave
December saw huge protests in Moscow and St Petersburg against the rigging of the elections to the duma. Mark Fischer asked Russian socialist Boris Kagarlitsky about their significance