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The ‘elective reform plan’ clearly indicates that #NHS #privatisation and general deterioration will continue under this current iteration of government, writes James Linney.
Where the Tories left off
The ‘elective reform plan’ clearly indicates that NHS privatisation and general deterioration will continue under this current iteration of government, writes James Linney
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January 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The ‘elective reform plan’ clearly indicates that #NHS #privatisation and general deterioration will continue under this current iteration of government, writes James Linney.
What’s the big deal about Greenland? Paul Demarty examines Donald Trump’s promised new wave of American continental colonial expansion.
Rise of lifeboat imperialism
What’s the big deal about Greenland? Paul Demarty examines Donald Trump’s promised new wave of American continental colonial expansion
weeklyworker.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
What’s the big deal about Greenland? Paul Demarty examines Donald Trump’s promised new wave of American continental colonial expansion.
Danny Hammill argues that the LA wildfires have been made hellishly worse by urban sprawl, budget cuts and, most of all, global warming.
Atmospheric blow-dryer
Danny Hammill argues that the LA wildfires have been made hellishly worse by urban sprawl, budget cuts and, most of all, global warming
weeklyworker.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Danny Hammill argues that the LA wildfires have been made hellishly worse by urban sprawl, budget cuts and, most of all, global warming.
Last year was the hottest ever recorded and deadly heat looks like our future, writes Eddie Ford - even if we overcome capitalism.
Decade of disaster
Last year was the hottest ever recorded and deadly heat looks like our future, writes Eddie Ford - even if we overcome capitalism
weeklyworker.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Last year was the hottest ever recorded and deadly heat looks like our future, writes Eddie Ford - even if we overcome capitalism.
Winter Communist University starts today at 5pm! Please note the timings given in the Weekly Worker are incorrect for tomorrow's sessions. Register here: communistparty.co.uk/cu
January 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Winter Communist University starts today at 5pm! Please note the timings given in the Weekly Worker are incorrect for tomorrow's sessions. Register here: communistparty.co.uk/cu
Collective is pursuing Corbynism without Corbyn - it all looks very unpromising and very undemocratic … especially if the SWP tries to jump on board, says Carla Roberts.
New year, new left party?
Collective is pursuing Corbynism without Corbyn - it all looks very unpromising and very undemocratic … especially if the SWP tries to jump on board, says Carla Roberts
weeklyworker.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Collective is pursuing Corbynism without Corbyn - it all looks very unpromising and very undemocratic … especially if the SWP tries to jump on board, says Carla Roberts.
Archie Woodrow is quite good on identifying the left’s problems, less good when it comes to giving answers. Mike Macnair continues his series of articles on the ‘party discussion’.
What sort of partyism?
Archie Woodrow is quite good on identifying the left’s problems, less good when it comes to giving answers. Mike Macnair continues his series of articles on the ‘party discussion’
weeklyworker.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Archie Woodrow is quite good on identifying the left’s problems, less good when it comes to giving answers. Mike Macnair continues his series of articles on the ‘party discussion’.
A proposal from the TAS steering group issued on January 4 2025.
Forging communist unity
A proposal from the TAS steering group issued on January 4 2025
weeklyworker.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A proposal from the TAS steering group issued on January 4 2025.
We need to unite, not when it comes to the long term, but in the here and now and in a disciplined, principled, programmatically anchored organisation. Jack Conrad reports on some recent meetings and developments.
It’s good to do more than talk
We need to unite, not when it comes to the long term, but in the here and now and in a disciplined, principled, programmatically anchored organisation. Jack Conrad reports on some recent meetings and ...
weeklyworker.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We need to unite, not when it comes to the long term, but in the here and now and in a disciplined, principled, programmatically anchored organisation. Jack Conrad reports on some recent meetings and developments.
The ‘axis of resistance’ has come apart. Israel is brimming with confidence and is just itching to attack. Yassamine Mather looks over the wreckage and criticises the failures of the Iranian left.
Mounting dangers and fears
The ‘axis of resistance’ has come apart. Israel is brimming with confidence and is just itching to attack. Yassamine Mather looks over the wreckage and criticises the failures of the Iranian left
weeklyworker.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The ‘axis of resistance’ has come apart. Israel is brimming with confidence and is just itching to attack. Yassamine Mather looks over the wreckage and criticises the failures of the Iranian left.
Putting faith in the ‘axis of resistance’ and Netanyahu’s legal troubles was always woefully misplaced. The Zionist state is backed to the hilt by the global hegemon. Moshé Machover spoke to the January 5 CPGB members’ aggregate.
Redrawing the map
Putting faith in the ‘axis of resistance’ and Netanyahu’s legal troubles was always woefully misplaced. The Zionist state is backed to the hilt by the global hegemon. Moshé Machover spoke to the Janua...
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January 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Putting faith in the ‘axis of resistance’ and Netanyahu’s legal troubles was always woefully misplaced. The Zionist state is backed to the hilt by the global hegemon. Moshé Machover spoke to the January 5 CPGB members’ aggregate.
Esen Uslu takes down Erdoğan’s fantasy that, after successfully backing HTS, he can determine the future of the region.
Hitting the jackpot?
Esen Uslu takes down Erdoğan’s fantasy that, after successfully backing HTS, he can determine the future of the region
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January 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Esen Uslu takes down Erdoğan’s fantasy that, after successfully backing HTS, he can determine the future of the region.
What on earth is he up to? Paul Demarty investigates the life and times of a half-mad billionaire.
Rockets and ressentiment
What on earth is he up to? Paul Demarty investigates the life and times of a half-mad billionaire
weeklyworker.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
What on earth is he up to? Paul Demarty investigates the life and times of a half-mad billionaire.
One poll has Reform UK ahead of Labour, writes Eddie Ford, with talk of Elon Musk giving $100 million to the party in a bid to make Nigel Farage Britain’s Trump
Blowing in the wind
One poll has Reform UK ahead of Labour, writes Eddie Ford, with talk of Elon Musk giving $100 million to the party in a bid to make Nigel Farage Britain’s Trump
weeklyworker.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 8:12 PM
One poll has Reform UK ahead of Labour, writes Eddie Ford, with talk of Elon Musk giving $100 million to the party in a bid to make Nigel Farage Britain’s Trump
A collision of two worlds: on the one side, the dingy, foggy London in cold midwinter, and on the other, a fantastical world peopled by spirits. Paul Demarty, in an unusually cheerful mood, revisits Charles Dickens’ A Christmas carol.
The festive utopia
A collision of two worlds: on the one side, the dingy, foggy London in cold midwinter, and on the other, a fantastical world peopled by spirits. Paul Demarty, in an unusually cheerful mood, revisits C...
weeklyworker.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 5:53 AM
A collision of two worlds: on the one side, the dingy, foggy London in cold midwinter, and on the other, a fantastical world peopled by spirits. Paul Demarty, in an unusually cheerful mood, revisits Charles Dickens’ A Christmas carol.
Ideas that party building can be skipped, that programmatic differences ought to be avoided, that there should be bureaucratic restrictions on polemics are all roads to nowhere. In the second part of his discussion Mike Macnair focuses on a group of rs21 members and Joe Todd’s recent contributions.
What sort of Partyism?
Ideas that party building can be skipped, that programmatic differences ought to be avoided, that there should be bureaucratic restrictions on polemics - all are roads to nowhere. In the second part o...
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December 13, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Ideas that party building can be skipped, that programmatic differences ought to be avoided, that there should be bureaucratic restrictions on polemics are all roads to nowhere. In the second part of his discussion Mike Macnair focuses on a group of rs21 members and Joe Todd’s recent contributions.
Killing of UnitedHealth boss has been the cause of widespread celebration. However, Australian communist Martin Greenfield argues that CEOs should be made to fear not the bullet, but working class collective power.
Organisation, not assassination
Killing of UnitedHealth boss has been the cause of widespread celebration. However, Australian communist Martin Greenfield argues that CEOs should be made to fear not the bullet, but working class col...
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December 13, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Killing of UnitedHealth boss has been the cause of widespread celebration. However, Australian communist Martin Greenfield argues that CEOs should be made to fear not the bullet, but working class collective power.
Iran and the Axis of Resistance have suffered yet another defeat. Yassamine Mather looks at the background and assesses the likely consequences of the fall of the House of Assad
Deserted by friends of convenience
Iran and the Axis of Resistance have suffered yet another defeat. Yassamine Mather looks at the background and assesses the likely consequences of the fall of the House of Assad
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December 13, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Iran and the Axis of Resistance have suffered yet another defeat. Yassamine Mather looks at the background and assesses the likely consequences of the fall of the House of Assad
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In the next article of our "What is the Party?" series, Ansell Eade argues that the road towards a mass communist party is through an electoral alliance.
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December 13, 2024 at 10:50 AM
In the next article of our "What is the Party?" series, Ansell Eade argues that the road towards a mass communist party is through an electoral alliance.
prometheusjournal.org/2024/12/11/o...
prometheusjournal.org/2024/12/11/o...
The new regime in Damascus is being widely celebrated, but continued internal power struggles and regional rivalries are likely to unleash yet more conflict and suffering, says Esen Uslu
Changing balance of forces
The new regime in Damascus is being widely celebrated, but continued internal power struggles and regional rivalries are likely to unleash yet more conflict and suffering, says Esen Uslu
weeklyworker.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 8:28 PM
The new regime in Damascus is being widely celebrated, but continued internal power struggles and regional rivalries are likely to unleash yet more conflict and suffering, says Esen Uslu
What is the meaning of Christmas? Who is Father Christmas? What is the political economy of his Christmas operation? Jack Conrad provides some answers, but, above all, welcomes elvish resistance
Slave to the gift economy
What is the meaning of Christmas? Who is Father Christmas? What is the political economy of his Christmas operation? Jack Conrad provides some answers, but, above all, welcomes elvish resistance
weeklyworker.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 8:10 PM
What is the meaning of Christmas? Who is Father Christmas? What is the political economy of his Christmas operation? Jack Conrad provides some answers, but, above all, welcomes elvish resistance
America and its arrogant bullying is much resented. But, asks Yassamine Mather, does the expanding Brics alliance represent a viable alternative?
An acronym versus the hegemon
America and its arrogant bullying is much resented. But, asks Yassamine Mather, does the expanding Brics alliance represent a viable alternative?
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November 30, 2024 at 3:28 PM
America and its arrogant bullying is much resented. But, asks Yassamine Mather, does the expanding Brics alliance represent a viable alternative?
Zelensky lost no time in using Atacms and Storm Shadows. In response, Putin changed Russia’s nuclear doctrine and issued orders for an intermediate-range ballistic missile strike. Jack Conrad assesses the growing dangers of walking towards the nuclear abyss
Notes on the war
Volodymyr Zelensky lost no time in using Atacms and Storm Shadows. In response, Putin changed Russia’s nuclear doctrine and issued orders for an intermediate-range ballistic missile strike. Jack Conra...
weeklyworker.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Zelensky lost no time in using Atacms and Storm Shadows. In response, Putin changed Russia’s nuclear doctrine and issued orders for an intermediate-range ballistic missile strike. Jack Conrad assesses the growing dangers of walking towards the nuclear abyss
Physical and mental health is central to the communist project. Not only would people be healthier in a communist society, writes Ian Spencer, but such health would help deliver the full realisation of human potential
Your health, comrade
Physical and mental health is central to the communist project. Not only would people be healthier in a communist society, writes Ian Spencer, but such health would help deliver the full realisation o...
weeklyworker.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Physical and mental health is central to the communist project. Not only would people be healthier in a communist society, writes Ian Spencer, but such health would help deliver the full realisation of human potential
After 14 years of Tory austerity the health service has been left broken. But can Wes Streeting fix things? James Linney lambasts his idea that league tables are part of the solution
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Continuing the decline
After 14 years of Tory austerity the health service has been left broken. But can Wes Streeting fix things? James Linney lambasts his idea that league tables are part of the solution
weeklyworker.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 7:45 PM
After 14 years of Tory austerity the health service has been left broken. But can Wes Streeting fix things? James Linney lambasts his idea that league tables are part of the solution
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