By Michael Roberts Last week, Ukraine’s foreign private creditors agreed to the country’s request for a two-year freeze on payments on about $20bn of foreign
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By Hagai El-Ad B’Tselem Executive Director In late June – as always, with High Court approval – Israeli troops were sent to train for several
By Michael Roberts The announcement that US President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has got the backing of pro-business, coal-mining owner Democratic Senator Manchin has
By Richard Mellor in California The last time I was part of my local’s bargaining team, in the late 1990s, we made it clear to
By Gauthier Hordel of La Riposte Since the middle of 2021, inflation has continued to rise “uncontrollably”. This increase has very serious consequences for the stability
By Michael Roberts The latest US GDP figures for second quarter of 2022 renewed the debate about whether the US economy was in a recession
By Michael Roberts The major economies are moving closer to recession, if they are not already there; and yet inflation rates continue to rise (for
UK and US say China is a threat – a little history is in order!
Richard Mellor from the USA shares some thoughts on the Opium Wars of 1839-42 History is sort of important stuff: the history of anything, music,
By Michael Roberts Once again, Western ‘experts’ are predicting a financial crash in China. “China is flailing”, says one commentator; another says “a debt bomb is about to
By Richard Mellor in California I just returned from visiting friends and relatives back in Ireland and the UK and, as usual, the differences between