WW archive > Issue 929 - 13 September 2012
The trouble with economic growth
Gabriel Levy calls for a rethink on scarcity and abundance. This is an edited version of the first part of the talk he gave to Communist University 2012
Letters
Value added; Mythology; Battle bus
An irresponsible split
Differences should be brought out into the light of day, writes Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists
Partly off one knee
The Trade Union Congress decision to consider the option of a general strike represents a small step forward, writes Mike Macnair
No such thing as a free lunch
With Madrid refusing to take a bailout and Athens still facing the possibility of default, the euro crisis is far from over, writes Eddie Ford
Police slaughter and apologetics
The Morning Star has come unstuck with its uncritical support for the ANC, writes Peter Manson
Rejection of Marxism
Continuing his examination of the various programmes of the Turkish and Kurdish left, Esen Uslu looks at the new-found democratic confederalism of the Workers Party of Kurdistan
Inferno for the proletariat
Toby Abse reviews: Bill Emmott 'Good Italy, bad Italy: why Italy must conquer its demons to face the future', Yale University Press, 2012, pp299, £18.99
Scenes of collective confidence and heroism
David Douglass reviews: Peter Tuffrey, 'Yorkshire people and coal', Amberley Publishing, Stroud 2012, pp128, £12.99
Pushing the button
The Julian Assange furore is about war, not sex, argues Paul Demarty
No fortune
Robbie Rix thanks our thoughtful readers for thinking of their paper