Capitalism
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Exorcising the Ghosts of the Imperial Left: Domenico Losurdo and the Class War Inside Marxism
Western Marxism is not a tradition to be reclaimed—it’s an enemy ideology crafted in the image of empire. Domenico Losurdo’s final intervention is not an invitation to debate, but a call to defect. From critique to combat. From the seminar to the struggle. From the West to the world. Continue reading
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For an ‘ecommunist’ alternative to degrowth and luxury communism
Fiery Red Interview If the working class does not tackle capitalism, then reactionary solutions will be imposed Continue reading
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Wealth Extraction At Its Finest: The Big Beautiful Bill
“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”, the more it changes, the more it remains the same. Or “back to the 1880s!” The New Deal era was the exception for the US, not the rule. Continue reading
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To Dodge Epstein Trump Declares Intra-Elite War
The US ruling bourgeois oligarchy can have its differences, but when push comes to shove the interests of the oligarchic class as a whole will trump any differences. Members of the oligarchy and bought-and-paid-for political tools may attack each other, but they will never get so vicious as to expose the overall class interests. It… Continue reading
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China DUMPS US Bonds, Dollar CRASHES as BRICS Steps In w/ Richard Wolf & Sean Foo
Wednesday, 23 July 2025 — Danny Haiphong The US dollar is crashing hard as the US economy falters amid geopolitical shockwaves and turbulence. Economist Richard Wolff and market analyst Sean Foo team up to offer a serious warning about the state of the US empire as Trump takes a torch to its economic base. Continue reading
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Ukraine’s Corporate Carve-Up Collapses?
On July 5th, Bloomberg reported that a BlackRock-administered multibillion-dollar fund for Kiev’s reconstruction, due to be unveiled at a dedicated Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome July 10th/11th, had been placed on hold at the start of 2025 “due to a lack of interest” among institutional, private, and state financiers. The summit is over, lack of… Continue reading
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LABOUR IN GOVERNMENT, IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO END IN TEARS
It is one year since the last general election. It took only a year for the Labour Government to melt down. Labour not only sold its principles but its soul to manage a capitalist economy in crisis. Not so much power and prestige as a poisoned chalice. Instead, humiliation and ruin will be their due. Continue reading
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Just 1.6% of all world’s adults own 48.1% of all the world’s personal wealth
Every year, I do a post on the inequality of global wealth using the annual data compiled by economists working for the Swiss bank, Credit Suisse. But Credit Suisse is now no more, swept away by scandal and the banking crisis of 2023. The other major Swiss bank, UBS, took over the assets of CS… Continue reading
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Global heating isn’t just getting worse. It is getting worse faster
Thursday, 19 June 2025 — Climate and Capitalism Surplus heat is accumulating in the Earth system at an accelerating rate “Things aren’t just getting worse. They’re getting worse faster, We’re actively moving in the wrong direction in a critical period of time that we would need to meet our most ambitious climate goals. Some reports,… Continue reading
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Capitalism in Crisis: Technofascism and Hyper-Imperialism
The empire is falling. Not with fireworks or finality—but in slow motion, dragging the world down with it. The dreams sold after World War II—democracy, prosperity and liberty—have curdled into surveillance, austerity and endless war. The U.S., bloated on conquest, finds itself governing not through vision but through brute force and algorithmic fear. Continue reading
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From the Rockies to Stockholm: ignoring the global crisis
As I write, the government leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the US – are meeting in the remote town of Kananaskis, Alberta, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, for intense discussions. This will be the 51st summit meeting of the top… Continue reading
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1.5 is dead: How hot will the Earth get?
There is no room for doubt: Earth is getting hotter. The question now is how hot will it get? Continue reading
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Carbon capture company emits more than it captures
Between April 2021 and October 2024, British physicist Michael de Podesta paid £40 per month to carbon capture company Climeworks. In return, the company promised to remove 50 kilograms of carbon dioxide each month. But in September 2024, de Podesta wrote that “when I checked the other day they had removed precisely no CO₂ from the atmosphere”. Continue reading
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Only Total Collapse Will Rouse Humanity from Its Suicidal Sleepwalk
As Gaza’s children burn while the world watches, it becomes clear: only climate catastrophe, nuclear armageddon, or World War III may force humanity to abandon Western capitalism’s suicidal path. Continue reading
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More liberation themes in Love, Death, & Robots’ ‘400 Boys
The previous analysis of “400 Boys” was a breakdown of the show’s major story beats and imagery. The following focuses on smaller details. Continue reading
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Slaying the hydra: an analysis of Love, Death & Robots’ ‘400 Boys’
The people’s struggle against colonialism and imperialism is a struggle of epic proportions, wherever it takes place. No liberation struggle is waged without involving all aspects of society. Bridges once burned due to the symptoms of imperialism (like racism and misogyny) are rebuilt stronger, made unmovable, connecting people to march together to fight the real… Continue reading
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BRITAIN RENEWS ITS SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPE AS THE ATLANTIC WIDENS DUE TO TRUMP’S TETONIC SHIFTS
The UK and the EU signed a new trade and fishery deal together with easier movement of students much to the anger of the right in the country who accused them of breaching the spirit of Brexit despite the majority of Brits no longer favour Leaving as once they did. Continue reading
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Globalization or Nationalism: A False Choice?
We live in a system of competing nation-states immersed in a global economy. This is an unworkable combination. A global economy requires cooperation based on common interest, while competition among nations assumes conflicting interests. Continue reading
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Geonomics, nationalism and trade
Geonomics is a new term for international economic theories and policies. According to Gillian Tett at the FT, in the past, “it was generally assumed that rational economic self interest ruled the roost, not grubby politics. Politics seemed to be derivative of economics — not the other way around. No longer. The trade war unleashed… Continue reading
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Oh, Drop the Act – Fascism is the Beating Heart of Western “Civilization”
Notice the pattern: All world wars are the West’s handiwork and most genocides were committed by Europeans – Let’s start seeing Western “civilization” for what it truly is. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 