Arctic Resource Race Exposes NATO Alliance Fractures
The intensifying US push to acquire Greenland reveals fundamental contradictions within the Western capitalist alliance system. While framed as a security concern regarding Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic, the material basis of this conflict lies in Greenland's vast reserves of rare...
Central Banker Defends Elite Institutions Against Rising Worker Power
This business news roundup reveals the deepening contradictions within global capitalism as financial elites prepare to gather at Davos while workers secure concrete gains through collective action. Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey's call to 'challenge back' against populism represents a...
Climate Science Under Attack as Fossil Capital Fights Back
The coordinated campaign of harassment against Spanish climate scientists represents a critical battleground in the struggle between fossil capital's entrenched interests and the scientific community's efforts to communicate climate reality. Spain's Environment Minister Sara Aagesen's letter to...
UK Growth Masks Crumbling Infrastructure and Private Profit
This business live-blog from The Guardian juxtaposes two contradictory faces of British capitalism: modest GDP growth that delights financial markets, and a collapsing privatized water system that leaves tens of thousands without basic services. The 0.3% November growth figure, driven largely by...
Arctic Scramble Reveals Climate Crisis as Imperialist Catalyst
The escalating tensions over Greenland expose a fundamental contradiction of capitalist development: the climate crisis, generated by decades of fossil fuel-driven accumulation, is now melting Arctic ice and creating new frontiers for resource extraction and strategic competition. Trump's open...
G7 Sanctions Threat Masks Western Economic Stakes in Iran Crisis
The G7's coordinated response to Iran's brutal crackdown on protesters reveals the complex intersection of humanitarian concern, imperial competition, and economic interest that characterizes Western engagement with the Middle East. While the statement condemns the 'deliberate use of violence'...
Central Banks Unite to Defend Capital's Monetary Independence
The extraordinary international defense of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reveals a fundamental tension within the capitalist state apparatus itself. When eleven of the world's most powerful central bankers issued a joint statement of 'full solidarity' with Powell against Trump's criminal...
Forest Fires Reveal Carbon Capitalism's Deadly Feedback Loop
The global surge in forest fires represents a profound crisis of capitalist accumulation encountering planetary boundaries. As the article documents, fires now destroy more than twice as much forest as two decades ago, with 2024 marking the worst wildfire year on record. This environmental...
Tech Giants and Politicians Unite Against Working-Class Communities
The datacenter controversy in Michigan and across the United States reveals a stark contradiction at the heart of American democracy: overwhelming public opposition spanning the entire political spectrum proves utterly irrelevant when confronting the combined power of tech monopolies, fossil fuel...