WW archive > Issue 1378 - 13 January 2022
Rise of the killer machines
It is no longer dystopian sc-fi. Yassamine Mather looks at the race to develop and deploy autonomous lethal weapons
Letters
#BoycottHP; Hanging man; Hypocrisy; A socialist?; Corbyn party; Talk to people; Mistakes?; Automation
Three cheers for juries
With attorney general Suella Braverman threatening to use extraordinary measures and a deafening silence coming from Labour’s front bench, Paul Demarty unhesitatingly welcomes the acquittal of the Colston Four
Still no hint of seriousness
The working class, humanity, cannot afford to wait till the next century before dealing with capitalist slumps, war threats and the actuality of ecological breakdown. Jack Conrad replies to Tony Greenstein
Six sessions of the best
Ollie Hughes and James Harvey report on Winter Communist University 2022, where discussions ranged far and wide
Calluses on our souls
Gaby Rubin reviews 'Nigger - an autobiography' by Dick Gregory with Robert Lipsyte (Plume 2019, pp235, £19.79)
Class struggle and sport
David John Douglass reviews 'Colliers: Northumberland’s pitmen and their Football League team' by Jon Tait (Rough Badger Press, 2021, pp171, £7)
Civilisation in jeopardy
Extreme weather is becoming typical weather, writes Eddie Ford, and the cause is undeniable: capitalism
Bit of a spurt
Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund