WW archive > Issue 924 - 26 July 2012
Olympics and the perversion of sport
Are the Olympics the high point of a sporting religion? Harley Filben investigates
Letters
Raging; Hooked; Last resort; Racist defender; Playful; First-hand; Misogyny; Relief
Islamists gaining ground
The US seems happy to see the Muslim Brotherhood gaining influence in Damascus, writes Yassamine Mather
Faster, higher, stronger
The Olympic spectacle is a celebration of corporate power and money-worship, writes Eddie Ford
Doing it better than our enemy
Many on the left see sport as nothing else than another way for the bosses to dupe the workers. Ben Lewis disagrees, and argues for a workersÂ’ sport movement
From Team Sparta to Team GB
The ancient Greek Olympic Games, just like the modern equivalent, were part and parcel of class politics, writes Chris Gray
A radical for all seasons
Jim Creegan takes a look at the political life of Alexander Cockburn, 1941-2012
Stuck in the neoclassical world
Nick Rogers bases his economic analysis on a reality which had ceased to exist even in EngelsÂ’s time, writes Arthur Bough
Another American tragedy
Paul Demarty takes a look at the confused issue of arms in the USA
Foreign country?
Is the past really that different from the present? Asks Mark Fischer