By Michael Roberts I have long been sympathetic to the concept of long cycles in capitalist production and accumulation. This is the idea that capitalist
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By Michael Roberts Ascension Mejorado is Clinical Professor and Economics Faculty Chair in the Liberal Studies program at New York University and Manuel Roman taught

TV Review: Panorama – ‘The Water Company’s Murky Business’
Mark Langabeer watched the recent BBC 1 Panorama documentary which can be seen here Severn Trent is considered a highly profitable water company. The CEO

Review by Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour Party Unfortunately for Channel 4, which is not usually so blatant, the narrator of this Dispatches programme

Review by Jamie Green The Cramlington Train Wreckers, by Ed Waugh, has just completed a very successful tour in the North East. This is a

By Andy Ford If you want to read an explanation of why the Russian Revolution was necessay, read Peasants by Anton Chekhov. Professors and journalists

By David Cartwright, Glasgow ‘Total Trust: Surveillance State’ is a 2023 documentary from the Storyville series. It looks at the pervasive surveillance operations put in

By Michael Roberts In the Tracks of Marx’s Capital: Debates in Marxian Political Economy and Lessons for 21st Century Capitalism is an important new book

The High Speed train – is it worth the cost?
TV review by Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member This week’s Panorama programme investigated the reasons behind the ballooning costs of HS2, the high-speed rail

Ray Goodspeed reviews Gary Stevenson’s autobiography, “The Trading Game: A Confession” [2024, Allen Lane] Gary Stevenson is an increasingly important and influential social media creator