Daily Digest

This UK politics liveblog reveals the British state's class character through two parallel developments: Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley's unprecedented public attack on Green Party leader Zack Polanski during election week, and the documented rush of landlords to file no-fault...

The escalating diplomatic confrontation between Trump and Merz over US troop deployment reveals deep structural contradictions within the transatlantic alliance. What presents itself as a disagreement between two leaders actually exposes the fundamental power asymmetry at the heart of NATO—an...

The US economy's apparent 'rebound' to 2% GDP growth reveals the contradictory logic of military Keynesianism in action. After government spending contracted sharply following mass federal layoffs—355,000 workers cut since October 2024—the state has pivoted to massive military expenditure to...

This live blog captures a critical moment where multiple contradictions of American capitalism converge. The US-Iran conflict reveals the material costs of imperial maintenance: $25 billion in direct military spending, oil prices surging to $126 per barrel, and the broader economic squeeze on...

This live blog captures a crystalline moment of capitalist crisis management: TotalEnergies announces $5.8 billion in quarterly profits—a 51% surge driven by Iran war oil price spikes—on the same day the EU unveils emergency subsidies to protect businesses from those very price increases. The...

The Barclay brothers' escape from personal bankruptcy despite owing £143 million to HSBC illustrates how the legal and financial system operates differently for the capitalist class than for ordinary debtors. While workers facing similar debt burdens would face asset seizure and financial ruin...

The revelation that Nigel Farage received an undisclosed £5m from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne exposes the fundamental class character of British parliamentary politics. While the immediate scandal concerns disclosure rules, the deeper issue is how concentrated wealth systematically...

The potential standoff between London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Metropolitan Police over a Palantir contract illuminates the deep entanglement between surveillance capitalism, state power, and imperialist military operations. Palantir—founded by Trump-supporting billionaire Peter Thiel—has...

This business live blog reveals how military conflict functions as an accelerant for capital accumulation in the fossil fuel sector while distributing its costs asymmetrically across the global working class. Shell's $13.6 billion acquisition of Canadian shale producer ARC Resources demonstrates...