WW archive > Issue 1319 - 15 October 2020
Letters
US vote; No to lockdown; NHS disarray; Deserting Labour; Uncanny
World looks on
Uncertainty about the American presidency makes for anxious times in every other country. Paul Demarty sees conflicts, breakdown and wars ahead
More Russia wars
The US political crisis cannot be reduced to a single party or individual, writes Daniel Lazare
Politics of two borders
With Brexit negotiations going to the wire, the future in Ireland remains uncertain. This is an edited version of the talk given by James Harvey to Online Communist Forum
Heroes and sinners
Mike Macnair argues that Neil Faulkner’s ‘great men’ approach to the party question is utterly useless
Zinoviev in Halle
To mark the centenary of the pivotal Halle congress of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany on October 20 1920, Ben Lewis looks at the lead-up to and consequences of Grigory Zinoviev’s marathon four-hour speech
Units of state terrorism
David John Douglass reviews Harry McCallion 'Undercover war: Britain’s special forces and their secret battle against the IRA'
Winning the battle
Celebrating the conviction of Golden Dawn leaders is all well and good, says Eddie Ford, but freedom of speech is the left’s biggest weapon
Breath of fresh air
Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund