Daily Digest

This live blog compilation reveals the American capitalist state in multiple dimensions of crisis management. The Epstein files controversy exposes the class function of state secrecy—protecting networks of elite impunity while partisan theater between Clinton and Trump obscures the bipartisan...

The UK's labor market data reveals a deepening crisis whose costs fall disproportionately on young workers and the working class broadly. With unemployment at 5.2%—the highest since early 2021—and youth unemployment at 14%, the article documents capital's systematic response to increased costs...

The death of Jesse Jackson has prompted an outpouring of tribute from Democratic Party leadership and civil rights figures, yet the coverage reveals a telling pattern: the systematic emphasis on moral and spiritual leadership while downplaying Jackson's explicitly class-conscious politics...

This business round-up reveals the stark class contradictions of contemporary capitalism through seemingly unrelated economic data points. UK consumer sentiment has plunged to near two-year lows as working households accumulate debt at the fastest rate since July, while simultaneously facing...

The deepening Trump-Orbán alliance, showcased during Rubio's Budapest visit, reveals a fundamental realignment in transatlantic relations that prioritizes ideological affinity and capital flows over traditional liberal democratic partnerships. Washington's explicit endorsement of Hungary—complete...

Cyprus's water emergency reveals the fundamental contradiction between capitalist growth imperatives and ecological limits. While the immediate crisis is triggered by climate change—with temperatures rising 20% faster than the global average in the Mediterranean—the underlying vulnerability was...

The Starmer government's proposed social media regulations reveal the contradictions inherent in capitalist state attempts to manage the externalities of platform capitalism. While framing the intervention as protecting children from 'harmful content' and 'doomscrolling,' the policy proposals...

This article documents a textbook case of the capitalist class wielding its economic power to shape political outcomes directly in its favor. California's proposed billionaire tax—a modest 5% one-time levy on assets exceeding $1 billion to fund education, healthcare, and food assistance—has...

Ghislaine Maxwell's clemency pitch crystallizes a fundamental truth about class-differentiated justice in capitalist society: for the wealthy and connected, even serious criminal conviction functions not as punishment but as a starting position for negotiation. Her offer to "clear" both Trump and...