The public mourning of Jesse Jackson in Chicago offers a moment to reflect on the trajectory of the civil rights movement and its relationship to American capitalism. Jackson emerged from the radical wing of the movement—working directly with Martin Luther King Jr. during the period when King was...
The Labour Party's crushing byelection defeat in Gorton and Denton reveals a fundamental contradiction at the heart of social democratic governance under capitalism. Keir Starmer's government attempted to pursue two incompatible strategies simultaneously: maintaining legitimacy with its...
This case illuminates a fundamental contradiction within Western sanctions regimes: they are designed to punish adversaries while simultaneously preserving the profit-making capacity of domestic capital. Cygnet Texkimp, a British manufacturer, nearly exported dual-use technology capable of...
The Trump administration's assault on gender-affirming care reveals the state functioning as an instrument of ideological enforcement rather than scientific governance. By deliberately misrepresenting biological science—claiming sex is determined 'at conception' when reproductive cells don't even...
The Green Party's stunning victory in Gorton and Denton—overturning a 13,000-vote Labour majority in a seat held since 1931—represents a crystallization of social democracy's structural crisis under neoliberalism. Hannah Spencer's victory speech, emphasizing how 'working hard used to get you...
This live blog captures a significant moment in British left politics: Jeremy Corbyn's faction securing control of Your Party's central executive committee with 14 of 21 seats, while simultaneously documenting a three-way battle between Labour, Greens, and Reform UK in the Gorton and Denton...
The formation of institutional ties between the New York Young Republican Club, Afrikaner nationalist organizations, and European far-right parties represents a significant development in transnational reactionary politics. This network operates through conferences, galas, and direct lobbying of...
This case of Reform UK escaping sanctions for distributing 81,000 anonymous leaflets—disguised as coming from a 'concerned neighbour'—reveals how bourgeois legal systems operate differently for different class actors. The party admitted to the violation, yet the court granted relief based on the...
This parliamentary debate on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's role as trade envoy exposes the deep interpenetration of aristocratic privilege, political power, and capital accumulation in the British state. The allegations—that Jeffrey Epstein attempted to leverage royal connections for personal...