The Weekly Worker is unique on the British left: offering open debate and polemic alongside an unwavering focus on the need for a single, united Marxist party.
Attempting to replicate its success in Venezuela, the White House seems intent on leaving the existing regime intact, but transforming the country into a pliant neo-colony, writes Eddie Ford
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Supposedly what the left lacks is a shared understanding of what it is fighting for. But don’t worry, Nicholas Keats has discovered the solution that will serve social democrats and revolutionary communists alike: decommodification
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Michael Roberts delves into the history of the ancient world to find a suitable analogy for the rivalry between the US and China. It is not, he says, Athens and Sparta, but Rome and Carthage
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Using tear gas and rubber bullets, the police stormed the HQ of the main opposition party in Ankara. Esen Uslu reports on the latest step towards one-man rule
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Talks about talks, draft memorandums, shuttle diplomacy, strange rumours and threats of escalating military strikes. Yassamine Mather explains what is going on
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All of a sudden, it is Russia which is said to be on the back foot militarily, its economy facing ruin and its supply of manpower reaching exhaustion point. In reality, argues Jack Conrad, the stalemate continues
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Global protests over the treatment of Gaza aid flotilla activists will bring some comfort to the Palestinian masses, but the stench of hypocrisy from the bourgeois establishment is hard to stomach, says Carla Roberts
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Though it is quite obviously a distraction tactic, the release of Nasa and war department files on UFOs has been a big hit with the public. Paul Demarty looks at the modern obsession with ‘alien visitors’
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There is a huge gap between the life expectancy of the rich and the poor. When it comes to healthy life expectancy, things are bad and getting worse. However it could be very different, says James Linney
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We do not advocate an ecumenical party, nor non-aggression pacts. On the contrary, political debates and political struggles are vital. As a sort of addendum, Mike Macnair replies to Red Ant Collective’s ‘anti-factionalism’
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China is increasingly being treated as a near-peer economic rival. In light of the Trump-Xi summit, Yassamine Mather examines the nature of the country and its rivalry with the US
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Narendra Modi’s far-right BJP has made gains at state elections and marginalised the left. Given the country’s extremes of wealth and poverty this might seem paradoxical. Michael Roberts investigates the politics of the world’s most populous country
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BBC bosses and the securocracy continue with their campaign to denigrate Michael Bettaney and therefore hide the murderous criminality of the British state in the Six Counties and the sheer incompetence of MI5. Jack Conrad puts the record straight
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The first couple of official Your Party branches are being set up in the most hesitant, most fearful, most controlled way imaginable. Carla Roberts reports
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Can the ‘king of the north’ complete his royal progress towards Westminster? And, if he does, what then? Paul Demarty explains the limits of Manchesterism
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Far more were on the Palestine march than Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom. But, what with Reform UK, it would be a profound mistake to dismiss the far right as just a marginal force, argues Eddie Ford
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Zionists are turning up on leftwing demonstrations in Italy. They want to get excluded, so they can claim to be victims of anti-Semitism. However, as Toby Abse reports, a particular target of the Zionists is leftwing Jews
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