John McDonnell proposes to save the Labour Party from Starmer
A balance sheet must be drawn of the Corbyn/McDonnell experience and the necessary conclusion formed that neither can be trusted to fight for the working class.
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Australia: Rich List highlights soaring wealth of billionaires
The 200 wealthiest Australians now control $667 billion, $42 billion more than last year. This amounts to over 36 percent of Australia’s annual gross domestic product.
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Number and wealth of UK billionaires soars as poverty deepens
The richest 50 families in the UK own more than 34 million people, comprising the poorest half of the population
Margot Miller•
Stagecoach West Scotland drivers launch six-week strike
430 bus drivers for Stagecoach West Scotland from the company's Arran, Ardrossan, and Kilmarnock depots launched a six week strike, June 9, to increase their poverty level pay. The strike follows months of prevarication by the trade union, Unite.
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May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism
This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: The end of the “New Elizabethan Age”
Her carefully cultivated public persona has allowed Elizabeth II to be deployed at times of heightened national crisis as an illusory but politically necessary embodiment of stability and permanence.
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The Uvalde massacre and the pathological violence of American life
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The US baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children
In the wealthiest country in the world, store shelves are empty and millions of families are now facing a desperate struggle to find essential nutrition products for their babies and toddlers.
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