This live blog captures multiple fronts of class struggle in the Trump administration's second term, revealing how state power operates as an instrument of capital accumulation and social control. The disparate stories—from threatened lawsuits against comedians to offshore wind blockades to...
The unraveling of Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein offers a window into how bourgeois political systems function—not through formal corruption alone, but through dense networks of class solidarity among elites that transcend party lines, national borders, and even criminal...
The Mandelson-Epstein scandal reveals far more than one politician's moral failures—it exposes the structural relationship between finance capital and the capitalist state. The leaked documents show a sitting cabinet minister actively advising a convicted sex offender on how to pressure the...
The Trump administration's systematic undermining of vaccine recommendations through the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices represents a significant shift in how the American state manages public health—from collective prevention to individualized risk. Kirk Milhoan's framing of...
The death of ten homeless New Yorkers during a single week of bitter cold exposes a fundamental contradiction at the heart of capitalist urban development: housing exists as a commodity for profit extraction rather than as a basic human necessity. While New York City technically maintains enough...
The arrest of journalist Don Lemon crystallizes a profound contradiction at the heart of the current moment: the same state apparatus that condemns Iran for 'killing protesters' has itself killed multiple US citizens during immigration enforcement, then deploys federal agents to silence those who...
Keir Starmer's visit to China represents a stark illustration of how state diplomacy serves capital accumulation rather than working-class interests. The visit, accompanied by nearly 60 major business representatives, explicitly frames economic engagement as benefiting 'working people at home'...
The conflict between Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer's Labour leadership offers a window into how modern capitalist political parties function as disciplinary machines rather than vehicles for democratic participation. While mainstream coverage frames this as a personality clash or tactical...
The escalating immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota represents a critical moment in the relationship between the capitalist state and the working class. Two deaths—Renee Good and Alex Pretti—at the hands of federal agents have sparked widespread community resistance and exposed the...