This live blog compilation reveals the British state apparatus in crisis mode across multiple fronts. The appointment of Antonia Romeo as cabinet secretary—fast-tracked through bypassed procedures—exposes the tension between maintaining bureaucratic legitimacy and serving political imperatives...
This political liveblog captures a revealing moment in British politics: the consolidation of Reform UK's economic program under former Conservative Robert Jenrick, now the party's Treasury spokesperson. The central thrust is unmistakable—a welfare regime designed to discipline the working class...
This live blog compilation reveals a multi-front offensive by capital and the state against democratic expression and environmental protection. The CBS-Colbert controversy exemplifies how corporate media, even without direct government orders, anticipates and accommodates authoritarian pressure...
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 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...
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...
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...
The Trump administration's repeal of the endangerment finding—the legal foundation for federal climate regulations—reveals a stark contradiction between populist rhetoric and material outcomes. While presented as a cost-saving measure for ordinary Americans, the administration's own regulatory...
This Guardian article frames the UK's 2027 G20 chairmanship as an opportunity to champion debt relief and development cooperation, particularly following Trump's nationalist disruption of multilateral processes. Yet beneath the humanitarian rhetoric lies a deeper contradiction: Britain...