Umar Shahid, in Pakistan analyses the recent religious violence and its roots in imperialism (main photo – AP). The torching, on 16th August, of five
Category: International Archive

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

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

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%