by Joe Tyler The flimsy foundations of US democracy are being tested to breaking point by the Trump administration in the run-up to the 3 November election. Amid political and economic crises, the administration is […]
by Steve Palmer We have arrived at a critical point in US history. The US population is irreparably divided politically. There are uprisings across the country, led by black Americans. All three arms of government […]
by Will Harney On 20 August the video streaming site YouTube, owned by tech giant Google, suspended the accounts of Cuban media – just as they were reporting rare good news in the Covid-19 global pandemic: […]
by Bjork Lind It has been established beyond dispute that capitalism’s assault on the environment is the driver behind the evolution of Covid-19 and other infectious diseases. Yet deforestation, pollution and land degradation continue at […]
by Charles Chinweizu and Robert Clough As we go to press, once again the coronavirus pandemic is running out of control across Britain. In early July, the daily average of around 500 reported Covid-19 cases […]
by David Yaffe During the first half of 2020 the coronavirus pandemic drove the British economy into the deepest recession since records began. The second wave of the pandemic will ensure that the recession continues […]
by Patrick Casey Brexit and a nascent English populism have split conservatives, made anarchists of some of them, then handed them the reins. Dominic Cummings in Number 10; Boris Johnson babbling in his pocket; a […]
by Nicki Jameson August 2020 saw a renewed racist furore whipped up by the gov–ernment, far right parties and sensationalist media, as 1,450 asylum seekers arrived by sea in southern England from northern France. This […]
The pandemic has intensified and laid bare the class divisions and racism entrenched within capitalist Britain. For many children from working-class families, the pandemic has meant rising hunger, isolation without any green space and in […]
by Wesam Khaled 28 September 2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the Al Aqsa Intifada, or Second Intifada, in September 2000. The Intifada saw millions of Palestinians fill the streets in a […]