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By Michael Roberts Last week, crude oil prices in Asia hit a new high at $125/b amid reports that the US was considering military action against IranRead More

Part II: Heroism, half-truths and cover-ups In the second of a three-part article, CAIN O’MAHONY, who has worked in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, looks at the responseRead More

By Cain O’Mahony  A hundred years ago, just before midnight on May 3, began the biggest movement of organised workers in British history. It became the most titanicRead More

By Michael Roberts This post reviews some recent economics books published by various authors, both Marxist and non-Marxist. Capitalism – a global history by Sven Beckert LetRead More

By Joe Langabeer Reform UK have recently unveiled their education plans for schools, including an overhaul of the history curriculum, planting Union Jacks in every school, andRead More

Today, May 1, Left Horizons and its supporters and contributors extend greetings to socialists and organised workers everywhere in the world. At the present time, in almostRead More

Part I: the ticking time bomb In a three part article, CAIN O’MAHONY, who has worked in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, looks at the world’s worst nuclearRead More

By Mike Kennard In 1936 Palestine was paralysed by a general strike which lasted from April to October and heralded 3 years of brutal suppression of theRead More

By Michael Roberts Global imbalances are back on the agenda of the economic powers that be. What are these ‘global imbalances’? First, there is the imbalance inRead More

By Andy Ford, Chair Unite NW Health Committee US firm Palantir already has a £300 million contract to connect NHS data. They have said themselves that theyRead More