By Michael Roberts This article was originally published on 5 March 2023, the first day of China’s annual National People’s Congress, by Michael Roberts on
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Panorama – Sex for work – The true cost of our tea.
A TV review by Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) – see the BBC1 programme here. Tom Odula, a reporter in Kenya has been

By Michael Roberts There were some interesting papers presented in the URPE sessions at the Eastern Economics Association conference that ended last weekend (see my

By Michael Roberts The Eastern Economics Association (EEA) held their annual conference last weekend. It’s not as large as the huge annual conference of American

Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour Member) continues his occasional series of articles on Soviet history and World War Two [for example here, here and several

By Michael Roberts This article was originally published on 24 February 2023, the day before the Nigerian presidential elections, by Michael Roberts on his blog

The war in Ukraine is entering its second year. It has led to enormous loss of life on both sides, among civilians and combatants, and

By Michael Roberts It’s just a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I am not going to discuss the politics of this war in

By Michael Roberts There has been a burst of optimism about the state of the world economy since the beginning of the year. At the

Energy giants profiteer at workers’ expense – and the planet’s
By John Pickard It is hardly surprising that there are calls being made for additional taxes on oil and gas corporations, given that they are