Daily Digest

Chancellor Rachel Reeves's announcement of 'contingency planning' for energy bill support reveals the Labour government navigating a fundamental contradiction: how to address a crisis affecting working-class households while remaining committed to 'ironclad fiscal rules' that protect capital...

The installation of a reconstructed Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds represents far more than a culture war skirmish—it constitutes an explicit state intervention into contested historical memory at a moment when the legitimating narratives of American capitalism face...

The deployment of ICE agents to US airports amid a partial government shutdown represents a significant convergence of manufactured political crisis and the expansion of the security state. What the article presents as a practical response to TSA staffing shortages is better understood as an...

The US-Israeli war on Iran represents a critical moment in the long history of imperial interventions to control global energy flows. The conflict exposes the fundamental contradiction at the heart of contemporary capitalism: the system requires cheap, abundant energy to sustain accumulation, yet...

This live blog captures the British state in crisis management mode during an escalating US-Iran conflict, revealing the fundamental class character of capitalist governance. While Prime Minister Starmer promises to examine 'every lever' to address cost of living pressures, the actual policy...

This article reveals how a military conflict ostensibly about energy security and geopolitical dominance translates directly into material devastation for the world's poorest populations. The war's disruption of the Strait of Hormuz exposes the fragile architecture of globalized capitalism: a...

The escalating US-Israeli war on Iran represents a concentrated expression of inter-imperialist rivalry over control of global energy flows, with the Strait of Hormuz serving as the strategic chokepoint through which one-fifth of the world's oil passes. Trump's 48-hour ultimatum to 'obliterate'...

This article from rural Kentucky reveals a sharpening contradiction at the heart of American capitalism: the state can mobilize $16.5 billion in twelve days for war while claiming poverty when it comes to feeding children, funding schools, or rebuilding communities devastated by...

The retreat of Western automakers from electric vehicle production represents a textbook case of capitalism's structural inability to plan for long-term outcomes when short-term profit imperatives conflict with industrial survival. European and American manufacturers are writing down tens of...