WW archive > Issue 992 - 09 January 2014
Pull the other one
Michael Gove wants us to believe that 1914 saw the beginning of a just war in defence of liberty. And he is not alone, writes Eddie Ford
Letters
Leon Kuhn; Puffed up ; Fired up ; Hatred fuel ; Bordiga lessons ; Catalan frat ; Party duck ; Discrimination ; Pay up ; Dark side; Treacherous ; Tristram Hunt
Mainspring of the Arab revolt
Moshé Machover reviews: Adam Hanieh, 'Lineages of revolt: issues of contemporary capitalism in the Middle East', Haymarket Books, 2013, pp273, £14.99
Miners: Record of tragedy
David Douglass reviews: Peter Tuffrey, 'South Yorkshire people and coal: the gallant struggle and final decline', Fonthill Media, 2013, pp176, £12.99
Biggest union ready to split historic ANC alliance
Things in the workers movement are very fluid, writes Peter Manson. The South African Communist Party is certainly heading for a profound crisis
Isaac Asimov: Mantle of optimism
Fifty years ago, Isaac Asimov is said to have successfully envisioned how things would be today. Daniel Harvey exam ines the claims
The shame of imperialism
As shown by Michael Goves stupid remarks, the bourgeoisie cannot admit its responsibility for the carnage of 1914-18. In this two-part article Chris Gray examines the origins of the war to end all wars
Nick Griffin: A rat on a sinking ship
The collapsing British National Party is the victim of its own contradictions, not anti-fascism, writes Paul Demarty
Successful
Robbie Rix on the year end, and the prospects for 2014