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Reclaiming the Future – book review
Simon Hannah’s sharp focus is to answer the question of questions: “How can we dismantle this dystopian nightmare and build something better?”
Starmer’s Labour as the party of capital
Labour’s first budget for 13 years is built on sand while corporate investors are set to benefit at the expense of the working class.
Tax the rich? Not on Rachel Reeves’ watch
Rachel Reeves is Keir Starmer’s Shadow Chancellor, which means she’s responsible for Labour’s policy on the economy. And she’s sticking to the first of Labour’s… Read More »Tax the rich? Not on Rachel Reeves’ watch
Answer Tory class war budget with system change
To describe the emergency budget as a casino-style gamble, using the whole economy as a stake, is only half the story. Make no mistake, Liz… Read More »Answer Tory class war budget with system change
Inflation is capitalism in meltdown. Here’s what we should do.
The value of money is melting away. It’s the flip side of soaring prices which started taking off in 2020. The impact on wages, held… Read More »Inflation is capitalism in meltdown. Here’s what we should do.
From Bretton Woods to neoliberalism
Gerry Gold marks the 50th anniversary of the collapse of the post-war economic arrangements known as the Bretton Woods agreement. Half a century ago, on… Read More »From Bretton Woods to neoliberalism
Capitalism isn’t working – make it history!
Measures outlined in chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review are just the latest in a series of desperate adjustments designed to keep the profits flowing as… Read More »Capitalism isn’t working – make it history!
How a pandemic led to financial contagion
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a contagious crash in the world’s stock and money markets already inflated and distorted by cheap credit intended for but… Read More »How a pandemic led to financial contagion
Setting the record straight – jazz & justice
Jazz is enjoying a new wave of popularity. A gig by Kamasi Washington, the last musician named in Gerald Horne’s Jazz and Justice, attracts big… Read More »Setting the record straight – jazz & justice
Governments have fuelled a new toxic debt crisis
Experts are busy assessing the signs of an oncoming global recession and a new financial crash, poring over charts, columns of figures and graphs, reading… Read More »Governments have fuelled a new toxic debt crisis
Global economic car crash?
The announced closure of Ford’s engine plant in Bridgend, South Wales in 2020 is emblematic of the continuing decline of capitalist production worldwide. In May,… Read More »Global economic car crash?
Why capitalism is crisis
Pre-Christmas headlines about the economy, local and global, tell their own story. UK: “Asos slumps on profit alert as retail bloodbath spreads online”; Canada: “Alberta… Read More »Why capitalism is crisis
Call time on neoliberal-driven climate disaster
Everything that people depend on for their daily lives has not just been disrupted, it’s been absolutely destroyed. So said Mark Bowen, head of emergency… Read More »Call time on neoliberal-driven climate disaster
A decade after the crash, a fairer, kinder capitalism is simply delusional
Ten years ago, the world economy ground to a halt in the wake of the biggest financial crash in the history of capitalism. The vastly… Read More »A decade after the crash, a fairer, kinder capitalism is simply delusional
Tories ignore global heatwave and give backing for fracking
In the midst of the global heatwave, energy minister Claire Perry’s approval of the first UK fracking licence under its new, more permissive regulatory regime… Read More »Tories ignore global heatwave and give backing for fracking