By Michael Roberts John McDonnell, the finance spokesman (‘shadow chancellor’) of the British opposition Labour Party, recently commissioned a report on the state of the UK
Month: December 2017
By Andrew Thompson: Chair Unite CGL 7007 WM Branch The victimised Unite steward has been reinstated; all the 105, grade 3 operatives will retain their
By Michael Roberts Last week leading leftist economists in the UK held a seminar on the state of mainstream economics, as taught in the universities.
By Lal Khan Nepal, a tiny Himalayan state, and one of the world’s poorest countries, has attained an increased relevance in the last few decades,
By Michael Roberts As I write, the dollar price of bitcoins has hit nearly $17,000, and that’s up 2000% in one year. The rise in
By a retired UCU member, Coventry Over the past weeks and months there has been a veritable crescendo of anger among staff and students in
Mon 11 Dec 2017, 09:15 AM | Posted by Mark Langabeer I have just received ballot papers for the National Executive Committee elections. I had no
My Mick Brooks, Ealing Southall CLP, personal capacity The government has just announced a privatisation of student loans. Formerly, the loans, all made before 2006, were
By Lal Khan The recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by Donald Trump is above all a manifestation of the terminal decline of the influence
The bad music of the 1980s is making a return. That’s not a reference to Duran Duran or Boy George but the fact that we are hearing the same the