By Michael Roberts One of my basic theses about modern capitalism is that since 2008, the major capitalist economies have been in what I call
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By Richard MellorYes, the hypocrisy is nauseating I can barely read the news here in the US. What’s happening in Ukraine is horrible but the
by Matt Wrack, General Secretary, the Fire Brigades Union Executive Council Statement – Invasion and War in Ukraine Please find below, a statement agreed by
By Michael Roberts In South Korea’s presidential election, held every five years, the conservative candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party gained a narrow
By John Pickard The bitter nine-year civil war in Syria was won by the Assad regime only because the Russian government threw its military might
By Robin Jamieson, Marxist psychologist It is inevitable that we will take some of the reports of the war in Ukraine on face value, simply
Open Veins of Latin America – five centuries of the pillage of a continent by Eduardo Galeano was published just over 50 years ago. It
By John Pickard Any commentary on the Ukraine war has to be prefaced by a health warning. There is not the slightest reason why the
Translated from the French Marxist newspaper La Riposte It is totally futile to hope for a solution to the war in Ukraine through the United
By Michael Roberts In several previous posts, I have highlighted what are called ‘zombie’ companies (companies whose regular profits do not even cover the cost