Daily Digest

The Trump administration's systematic undermining of vaccine recommendations through the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices represents a significant shift in how the American state manages public health—from collective prevention to individualized risk. Kirk Milhoan's framing of...

The death of ten homeless New Yorkers during a single week of bitter cold exposes a fundamental contradiction at the heart of capitalist urban development: housing exists as a commodity for profit extraction rather than as a basic human necessity. While New York City technically maintains enough...

Berlin's 'Kartoffel-Flut' presents a striking illustration of capitalism's fundamental irrationality: a system that produces abundance yet cannot distribute it without crisis. The story reveals how agricultural overproduction—historically a recurring feature of capitalist farming—creates...

The systematic dismantling of the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration represents a textbook case of regulatory capture—where the capitalist class seizes direct control of state apparatus designed to constrain its profit-making activities. With former chemical industry...

The arrest of journalist Don Lemon crystallizes a profound contradiction at the heart of the current moment: the same state apparatus that condemns Iran for 'killing protesters' has itself killed multiple US citizens during immigration enforcement, then deploys federal agents to silence those who...

The nomination of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair reveals the class character of monetary policy debates far more clearly than the mainstream framing of 'Fed independence.' The article is saturated with reactions from wealth managers, investment strategists, and bankers—all assessing Warsh...

Keir Starmer's visit to China represents a stark illustration of how state diplomacy serves capital accumulation rather than working-class interests. The visit, accompanied by nearly 60 major business representatives, explicitly frames economic engagement as benefiting 'working people at home'...

This Guardian live blog captures a pivotal moment in European geopolitics where multiple crises converge to expose the contradictions of the EU as a subordinate imperialist bloc navigating between US hegemony and its own expansionist interests. The Greenland situation demonstrates how Denmark's...

The conflict between Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer's Labour leadership offers a window into how modern capitalist political parties function as disciplinary machines rather than vehicles for democratic participation. While mainstream coverage frames this as a personality clash or tactical...