WW archive > Issue 1583 - 30 April 2026
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America’s centrist assassins
Why do young men keep trying to kill Donald Trump? Why do political ‘moderates’ turn to ‘extremist’ methods? Paul Demarty investigates a phenomenon with deep historical roots
Letters
Hebrew nation; Hebrew workers; Green accusations; Green Lefts; Stalinist kitchens; DSP schema; Spart China
Second round in Islamabad
On-off negotiations are happening under the shadow of a prolonged blockade and the threat of the fragile ceasefire suddenly giving way to another round of shock and awe. Yassamine Mather looks beyond the talks about talks
New proscriptions for old
Claudia Webbe, Tristan Colum and Duncan Chapel have all declared war on the curse of faction and division. In each case it amounts to using dead Marxists to silence living Marxists. Mike Macnair defends political democracy and the right to organise
A surfeit of slogans
Obviously the CPGB made mistakes. But they stemmed from national conditions and circumstances, not Stalin’s diktats. Jack Conrad marks the centenary of the 1926 General Strike
Green capitalism is a con
The US-Israeli assault on Iran has laid bare capitalism’s continued dependence on fossil fuels. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has made urgent trips across Southeast Asia to ensure continued oil and gas supplies. Marcus Strom reports
Caught in the crossfire
So far the Kurds have refused to be used against Iran. Syria remains divided and highly unstable. Meanwhile, tensions between Turkey and Israel mount. Esen Uslu explores the web of contradictions
Banking on perfect safety
Forty years ago the Chernobyl disaster happened. Eddie Ford argues that nuclear power remains inherently unsafe, incredibly expensive and is tied inextricably to weapons of mass destruction