India: Modi and the rise of the billionaire Raj
By Michael Roberts A general election in India starts today. 970m Indians, more than 10% of the world’s population, will head to the polls in what willRead More
Engels on the trade unions, nearly 150 years ago
Letter from Steve McKenzie, Unite Community member In a letter to August Bebel in 1875, Karl Marx’s close friend and collaborator, Fredrick Engels, was highly critical ofRead More
Open letter from NHS staff to Health Secretary and NHS England CEO
Dear Victoria Atkins and Amanda Pritchard, We are writing as NHS staff members to express our dismay and disbelief at your decision to cut back mental healthRead More
The Left and the Labour Party: Lessons from the 1920s – Part Two
Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour Member) completes his article on the relationship between the Communist Party and the Labour Party in the 1920s. Part two deals withRead More
The tepid twenties
By Michael Roberts The semi-annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank starts this week. The agencies and their invited guests will discuss the state of theRead More
Iranian attack on Israel: higher risk of regional war?
By John Pickard The Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend has changed nothing fundamental in the political and military balance in the MiddleRead More
China’s unfair ‘overcapacity’
By Michael Roberts The recent nonsense issued by the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on China’s ‘overcapacity’ and ‘unfair subsidies’ to its industries is particularly pathetic. AsRead More
The Left and the Labour Party: Lessons from the 1920s – Part One
Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour member) looks at the relationship between the Communist Party and the Labour Party in the 1920s. Part one deals with the periodRead More
TV review: the dangers of private health
Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member. As Panorama revealed this week, there are concerns about the use of private clinics and hospitals for routineRead More
The war in Gaza has entered its seventh month
By John Pickard The war in Gaza has now entered its seventh month, having brought about an unprecedented scale of death and destruction in a narrow stripRead More
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