Capitalism
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US red lines for digital trade with the UK cause alarm By Javier Ruiz
Trade negotiations between the US and the UK have recently received a lot of attention due to the publication of the official negotiating objectives of the US Government, which set out in sometimes candid detail the areas of interest and priorities. The US document is mainly written in coded “trade-speak”, with seemingly innocuous term such as… Continue reading
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Three lessons from the ‘failed’ Mueller inquiry By Jonathan Cook
Here are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russiagate is never going to uncover collusion between Donald Trump’s camp and the Kremlin in the 2016 presidential election. Continue reading
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The ICC and NGOs: Modern Day Manifestations of “The White Man’s Burden” By Tony Cartalucci
It is an institutionalized tool – one of many – used by Western corporate-financier interests to coerce and control nations across the developing world. In a recent charade aimed to boost its otherwise nonexistent credibility, the ICC has claimed it seeks to investigate the United States for war crimes regarding Afghanistan. It also claims it… Continue reading
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The fantasy world of the Long Depression by michael roberts
This week, the US Federal Reserve Bank decided to stop raising its policy interest rate for the rest of 2019. The Fed started hiking rates from near zero back in late 2016 on the grounds that the Long Depression (in economic growth, investment and employment in the US and in other major economies) was over. … Continue reading
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South Africa: Democracy & ‘Father Christmas socialism’ By Terry Bell
As South Africa coasts uncomfortably toward national and provincial elections on May 8, accompanied by rolling blackouts and with commissions delving ever deeper into sewers of corruption, it is time to take stock of where the country is and where it may be going. This should apply in particular to trade unions that have, in… Continue reading
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Broiler chickens: The defining species of the Anthropocene? By Ian Angus
Forget jokes about crossing the road. New research identifies chickens as a vivid symbol of the transformation of the biosphere in our time Continue reading
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Rich countries must pay for cyclone devastation in southern Africa By Ian Angus
Climate change, caused by industrialized rich countries, is responsible for the disaster now unfolding in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. Continue reading
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The Assault On UK Food and Environment Rules in Brexit Trade Deal With USA
By Lawrence Carter – Unearthed: US agribusiness lobby calls on Trump to target UK food and environment rules in Brexit trade deal. American agriculture interests have flooded the US government’s trade agency with demands to pressure the UK into slashing food standards after Brexit, official documents show. Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly 17 March 2019
17 March 2019 — Welfare Weekly Universal Credit split payments given to only 20 claimants DWP ignoring the needs of vulnerable claimants at risk of domestic abuse, says SNP. Read more Continue reading
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The CIA and the War Against Socialism By Raúl Antonio Capote
After the Second World War with the creation of the ideological front to dominate the world, Allen W. Dulles, director of the CIA from 1953 to 1961, conceived of culture as the stage for a long-term war in the devastated post-war Old Continent. Continue reading
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Wealth Concentration Drives a New Global Imperialism by Peter Phillips
Regime changes in Iraq and Libya, Syria’s war, Venezuela’s crisis, sanctions on Cuba, Iran, Russia, and North Korea are reflections of a new global imperialism imposed by a core of capitalist nations in support of trillions of dollars of concentrated investment wealth. This new world order of mass capital has become a totalitarian empire of… Continue reading
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Revealed: The thousands of public spaces sold by cash-strapped councils
In a major collaboration involving dozens of reporters around the country and a week of stories with Huff Post UK, the Bureau revealed the true scale of the local government funding crisis. It has become so dire that councils are being forced to sell thousands of public spaces, such as libraries, community centres and playgrounds -… Continue reading
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Extinction Rebellion: “Green” capitalism versus world socialism By Steve James
The ongoing school and college student strikes against climate change are proof of how a new generation is being politically radicalised because of their concern for the future of the Earth and of humanity. Continue reading
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Defining a safe operating space for food systems in the Anthropocene
A food system revolution is urgently needed, to provide healthy diets for all while preventing irreversible damage to the Earth System. Continue reading
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Global Glyphosate Study Pilot Phase Shows Reproductive and Developmental Effects at ‘Safe’ Dose
A new study has found that exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), including Roundup, caused reproductive and developmental effects in both male and female rats, at a dose level currently considered safe in the U.S. (1.75 mg/kg bw/day). Continue reading
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England and Wales Authority Issues Licences to Property Developers to Kill Protected Robins, Starlings, Blackbirds, Sparrows, Bullfinches By Tom Pride
Natural England and Natural Resources Wales have mysteriously given the go-ahead for protected species such as robins, starlings, blackbirds and bullfinches to be shot: Licences granted to kill multiple Red-listed species Continue reading
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Homo Sapiens Plastica: The Right to Die Forever Preserved By Paul Haeder
It was a heck of a thing – a hundred people at the Newport City Council at 6 pm most of whom wanted to talk about the proposed single-use plastic bag (grocery) ban that is an ordinance largely led by citizens, and members of the Surfrider organization. Interestingly, the Newport voters five years ago were… Continue reading
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Demographic demise by michael roberts
There is one outstanding statistical feature of 21st century capitalism. Capitalism is increasingly failing to develop what Marx called the “productive forces” (namely the technology and labour necessary to expand the output of things and services that human society needs or wants). As measured by gross national product in all the economies of the world (or… Continue reading
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A very brief lesson in how power works
6 March 2019 — Jonathan Cook What the left wants to talk about: How we change our societies to make them fairer, more transparent and more caring. How we tackle impending climate catastrophe through some kind of Green New Deal. How we conduct a truly ethical foreign policy that doesn’t give powerful western states the… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 