By Michael Roberts Robert Lucas has died at the age of 85. Lucas was a leading mainstream neoclassical economist at the University of Chicago –
Year: 2023

By John Pickard, Former National Committee member of Momentum. When Momentum was first founded in 2016, on the wave of enthusiasm after Jeremy Corbyn’s first

By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Saturday, 13 May 2023. The original article can be found here. ************** Turkey

The end of the Communist (Third) International – 80 years ago today.
Ray Goodspeed introduces an article by Ted Grant, from 1943, on the shameful end of the Communist International (1919-1943). The full article, “The rise and

Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) watched the recent ITV/ITVX documentary (see here). ITV’s Tonight Reporter, Kate Quilton, investigates the causes of rocketing food

Editorial: Starmer’s resounding promise – to attack his own Party left-wing
If Keir Starmer used half as much energy attacking the Tories as he does attacking the left of his own party, Rishi Sunak would not

By Steve McKenzie (Unite Community – Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley) Events have been unfolding at a rapid pace, in relation to the NHS dispute. Since RCN members

By Andrew Ford, member of Warrington South CLP Interviews with junior doctors, Warrington Hospital. Junior doctors are one section of the NHS workforce that is

By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts last Friday, 5 May 2023. The original article can be found here. ************** The

Editorial: Tories hammered in elections, but warnings to Labour
The wall-to-wall coverage of the Coronation over last weekend masked what was a disastrous round of local elections for the Tory Party, losing over a