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By Michael Roberts Why is Europe falling behind in investment and growth compared with the US, let alone China and India?  In a new report, Labour Squeezed, InvestmentRead More

By Umar Shahid The morning of July 20 brought disturbing scenes from Jantar Mantar Delhi, where tens of thousands of students, parents, retired professors, and professionals hadRead More

By John O’Brien and Glenda O’Brien, Carlisle Why are so many people dying? More than 2,700 people are estimated to have died from heat-related causes in EnglandRead More

By Richard Mellor in California Not every political analyst in the United States is a Trump apologist or another corporate media personality, building a career by echoingRead More

By Gary Hammond and Mike Whale (Hull and district Trades Council) On July 12 1936, the organised working class of Hull, 10,000 or more labour and tradeRead More

John and Glenda O’Brien, in Carlisle, consider the interim report of the Timms PIP Review. ****** ​On 9 July, 2026, the Department for Work and Pensions publishedRead More

By Tim White Ninety years ago, on the morning of July 17, 1936, a radio broadcast was sent from Cuerta, in Spanish Morocco, to mainland Spain, announcingRead More

Letter from Richard Mellor in California You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t feel depressed at times. We’re living through a period of capitalist decay, a social systemRead More

By Michael Roberts China’s second quarter GDP growth saw a significant deceleration, down to 4.3% year over year from 5.0% in the first quarter and weaker thanRead More

By Andy Ford These are just my notes, not the official record, so there may be slight slips and omissions. I voted for the nomination, as althoughRead More