The ongoing suppression of Jeffrey Epstein investigative files by Trump's Department of Justice reveals a fundamental truth about the capitalist state: it exists to protect the interests of the ruling class, even when that protection requires openly defying laws that the state itself enacted...
Donald Trump's false claim that NATO allies 'stayed a little back' from frontline combat in Afghanistan has provoked unusual bipartisan condemnation across the British political spectrum, from Labour ministers to Conservative Brexiteers. This diplomatic rupture illuminates deeper contradictions...
The reversal of planned care home closures in Lancashire represents a significant, if limited, victory for working-class organization against austerity governance. When Reform UK—a party that markets itself as anti-establishment—attempted to close five care homes affecting some of society's most...
The parliamentary exchange reveals a profound contradiction facing the British state: how to maintain its privileged position within the US-led imperial order while that very order's hegemon makes increasingly naked territorial demands. Starmer's repeated insistence that he 'will not yield' on...
The Trump administration's unprecedented campaign against the Federal Reserve represents a significant intensification of intra-capitalist conflict over control of monetary policy—the central mechanism through which the state manages capitalist crisis. The attempt to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook...
The confrontation between US President Trump and UK Prime Minister Starmer over Greenland and the Chagos Islands reveals the deepening contradictions within the Western imperial alliance as competition for strategic military and resource control intensifies. What presents itself as a diplomatic...
This live blog captures a revealing moment in British political life where the contradictions of managing a declining imperial position become starkly visible. The UK government finds itself caught between competing pressures: approving a massive Chinese 'super-embassy' while simultaneously...
The pending Supreme Court ruling on Trump's tariffs reveals a fundamental tension within the capitalist state apparatus: the conflict between different fractions of capital over how best to manage accumulation in an era of intensifying inter-imperialist competition. The tariffs, imposed through...
The Trump administration's tariff threats against NATO allies over Greenland expose the deep structural contradictions of British capitalism's position in the global imperial order. Prime Minister Starmer's carefully calibrated response—criticizing Trump's tactics while refusing retaliatory...