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
Year: 2023
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
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Northern Ireland: Labour leaders creating illusions
Letter from Harry Hutchinson, Labour Party Northern Ireland Both former and present Labour Party leaders have plunged themselves into the divided issue of Irish Unity
By Michael Roberts In the second quarter of this year, the UK economy grew by a ‘staggering’ 0.2% in real GDP. The media and government
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There is always hope! – Community vs mining bosses in Turkey
Ray Goodspeed introduces a video from Turkey – “There is Always Hope: Story of İkizköy“ (photo – still from video) This short video (13 minutes
By Michael Roberts The latest measure of US consumer price inflation for July actually showed an uptick in the year-on-year rate to 3.2% from 3%
By Richard Mellor in California I have not studied the recent Teamster contract with the United Parcels Service (UPS) in detail and, as of this
