WW archive > Issue 897 - 19 January 2012
Europe's mutual suicide pact
Austerity plans pursued by European governments are proving to be self-defeating, writes Eddie Ford
Letters
Archaic; Closer to Dave; Cuckoo controls; Still capitalist; Cheap; Worrying; Nothing to fear; Altered farm
Islamists courted by imperialists
The Muslim Brotherhood has shown itself to be the biggest political force. Meanwhile the left is under attack. Yassamine Mather gives her impressions following a recent visit to Egypt
Sex, symbolism and neanderthals
Not only did the neanderthals interbreed with our ancestors. These close cousins help shed light on what it is to be human, argues Camilla Power of the Radical Anthropology Group
Defence Fund
Robbie Rix is pleased to introduce another supplement - but more cash is needed if supplements are to feature regularly
Politics, not voluntarism
The left is trying to wish a mass fightback into existence. Peter Manson reports on the Unite the Resistance 'emergency conference'
Tory glee and political fantasy
David Douglass reviews Phyllida Lloyd (director) 'The iron lady' 2011, general release
Climax of tartan nationalism
The Scottish independence referendum is a choice between Westminster and Berlin, argues James Turley - yet the left offers no alternative to nationalist illusions
No room for anti-Semites
Tony Greenstein looks ahead to this weekend's AGM of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Impediments to consciousness
In the second of three articles, Paul B Smith discusses the negative impact of imperialism, Stalinism and social democracy
Oil struggle aborted
Despite the ending of the protests, workers in Nigeria have demonstrated their potential power, writes Nick Rogers