WW archive > Issue 1366 - 07 October 2021
Cold war hots up
As the US and Britain set about arming Australia with nuclear-powered subs and Indian troops dig in at high altitude, Chinese warplanes prod and probe Taiwan’s air defences. Eddie Ford warns that a shooting war is far from impossible
Letters
Expulsions; Inhuman; Who are PMC?; Strange times; Trolling; Venomous; Starmer’s speech
Vigorous debate
Paul Drummond reports on the discussions at last weekend’s meeting of CPGB and LPM comrades
Hadean to Capitalocene
Climate is change. But today climate change represents an immediate danger to human civilisation and can only be mitigated if far-reaching and truly radical measures are taken. Jack Conrad looks back at the deep past and towards an uncertain future
Secret world of the elite
Access capitalism and mammoth corruption have been laid bare by the Pandora papers, writes Danny Hammill
Marxist monetary theory
It is profit, not government spending, that drives capitalist investment, writes Michael Roberts
Tudor, Whig or what?
No ultimate source of sovereignty: Daniel Lazare takes issue with Mike Macnair on the nature of the US constitution
A disaster foretold
HGV drivers, petrol, empty supermarket shelves - Britain’s dependence on global supply chains has been badly exposed. Paul Demarty investigates
You did it!
Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund