Andy Ford, an NHS Unite activist from Warrington, reviews Workers Can Win: a Guide to Organising at Work (Pluto Press 2022) In this book, Ian
Month: August 2023
Jaranwala Killings: Pakistan’s Brutal Look at Itself
Umar Shahid, in Pakistan analyses the recent religious violence and its roots in imperialism (main photo – AP). The torching, on 16th August, of five
By Michael Roberts In the last few days, the leading central bankers of the advanced capitalist economies met at the annual jamboree in Jackson Hole,
Mother Jones (1830-1930) “Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living”
By Greg Oxley, editor of “La Riposte” According to a West Virginia District Attorney, she was “the most dangerous woman in America.” Detested by the
By Michael Roberts The three-day summit of the BRICS leaders ends today (24 August). The BRICS are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Russian
1.2% of adults have 47.8% of the world’s wealth while 53.2% have just 1.1% By Michael Roberts Every year, I bring to the attention of
Andy Ford writes the latest in his occasional series on WW2 in the Soviet Union. Eighty years ago, the Battle of Kursk sealed the doom
By Michael Roberts This week Russia’s central bank held an extraordinary meeting to discuss the level of its key interest rate after the Russian ruble
By John Pickard For working class families in the past, the pawnbroker was the equivalent of the pay-day money-lender, except on more favourable terms. The
By Maggie Fenwick, former UNISON health branch secretary A recent TUC report, called Austerity and the Pandemic, highlighted the complete lack of preparedness of the