Daily Digest

The testimony of former Foreign Office permanent secretary Olly Robbins before Parliament exposes a fundamental truth about the capitalist state: formal procedures exist to legitimize power, but can be suspended when they obstruct ruling-class interests. The appointment of Peter Mandelson as US...

This article reveals a pivotal moment in British class relations as multiple economic crises converge. Wage growth has collapsed to its lowest level since November 2020, while food manufacturers warn of 9% inflation driven by energy shocks from the Iran conflict. The government's response...

The Peter Mandelson vetting controversy illuminates a fundamental truth about the capitalist state: security apparatus exists primarily to discipline the working class and middle management, while the political elite operates under an entirely different set of rules. Here we see the contradiction...

The Trump administration's launch of a $166 billion tariff refund system following the Supreme Court's invalidation of IEEPA-based levies provides a clarifying moment in American political economy. This legal outcome exposes a fundamental truth that contradicted years of administration rhetoric...

The simultaneous political transitions in Hungary and Bulgaria reveal how the European Union functions as a mechanism for coordinating capital accumulation across member states, using frozen funds and financial conditionality to discipline governments that stray too far from Brussels' preferred...

The fragile US-Iran ceasefire is collapsing under the weight of contradictions inherent to imperial competition over strategic resources. The Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of global oil flows, has become the focal point of a struggle that reveals how control over critical infrastructure—not...

The UK government's pursuit of steel and electric vehicle agreements with the EU represents a stark illustration of how inter-imperialist competition and the contradictions of Brexit nationalism are playing out at the expense of working-class communities. Nearly a decade after the 2016 referendum...

The Meloni government's scheme to pay lawyers bonuses for convincing immigrant clients to self-deport represents a stark transformation of legal professionals from advocates into state enforcement agents. This policy crystallizes the contradiction inherent in bourgeois legal systems: the formal...

The escalating arson attacks against Jewish institutions in north-west London represent a dangerous convergence of multiple systemic failures within the British state apparatus. Three attacks in under a week—targeting synagogues, a former Jewish community building, and ambulances—demonstrate how...