Workers Test Their Power Against State Repression
The Free America Walkout represents a significant tactical evolution in American protest movements, as organizers explicitly frame their action in terms of labor withdrawal rather than traditional weekend demonstrations. By calling workers to leave their jobs, students to leave schools, and...
Public Health Retreats as Profit Logic Prevails Over Prevention
The US government's retreat from flu vaccination recommendations amid a severe outbreak reveals a fundamental contradiction between public health imperatives and the ideological commitments of capital-aligned governance. While 7,400 Americans have died this flu season—including at least 17...
ICE Abolition Movement Exposes Immigration as Labor Control
The resurgence of the 'abolish ICE' movement following the killing of Renee Nicole Good reveals the deeper function of immigration enforcement within capitalist labor relations. ICE, created in 2003 ostensibly for national security, primarily serves to maintain a precarious, deportable workforce...
Central Banks Unite to Defend Capital's Monetary Independence
The extraordinary international defense of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reveals a fundamental tension within the capitalist state apparatus itself. When eleven of the world's most powerful central bankers issued a joint statement of 'full solidarity' with Powell against Trump's criminal...
Tech Giants and Politicians Unite Against Working-Class Communities
The datacenter controversy in Michigan and across the United States reveals a stark contradiction at the heart of American democracy: overwhelming public opposition spanning the entire political spectrum proves utterly irrelevant when confronting the combined power of tech monopolies, fossil fuel...
Trans Sports Bans Reveal State Power Serving Cultural Division
The Supreme Court case on transgender athletes represents far more than a debate about athletic competition—it exemplifies how state power mobilizes cultural issues to fragment potential class solidarity while serving entrenched interests. Twenty-seven states have enacted sports bans affecting a...
UK State Balances Security Theater Against Capital Interests
This UK politics live blog reveals the contradictory priorities of the British state as it navigates between theatrical security concerns, healthcare crisis management, and immigration enforcement—all while serving capital's fundamental interests. The Chinese embassy controversy demonstrates how...
State Violence Escalates as Immigration Enforcement Meets Working-Class Resistance
The killing of Renee Good by ICE officers and the subsequent deployment of 'hundreds more' federal agents to Minneapolis reveals the fundamental tension between state enforcement of immigration policy and working-class communities. This live blog captures multiple intersecting crises: domestic...
State Violence Against Press Reveals Immigration Enforcement's True Targets
The dramatic surge in violence against journalists covering immigration enforcement—172 documented assaults in 2025 compared to 175 over the previous three years combined—exposes a fundamental tension in the American state apparatus. While the First Amendment theoretically protects press freedom...