The Mandelson-Epstein affair crystallizes a fundamental truth about capitalist democracy: the governing class forms a transnational network whose interests transcend the partisan theatre presented to voters. A Labour peer allegedly passed market-sensitive government information during the 2008...
The suspension of Lord Rennard over sexual harassment allegations—thirteen years after women first came forward—illuminates the class character of British political institutions. The House of Lords, an unelected chamber where aristocratic and capitalist class interests find permanent...
The deadly cold gripping New York City has exposed the fundamental contradiction at the heart of capitalist urban governance: a society that produces immense wealth yet cannot guarantee basic survival for its most vulnerable members. Seventeen people have died, with at least 13 from hypothermia...
Amazon's Melania documentary reveals how cultural production under late capitalism functions primarily as ideological infrastructure rather than mere entertainment. The film—which cost $70 million to produce but earned only $7 million opening weekend—represents a massive capital expenditure that...
This live blog coverage of UK politics reveals the deep structural tensions within social democratic governance under neoliberalism. The Mandelson-Epstein scandal dominates the news cycle, but buried within the coverage is a far more consequential story: Labour's slashing of World Food Programme...
The unfolding Mandelson scandal illuminates a fundamental contradiction within social democratic parties: their claim to represent working-class interests while remaining structurally integrated into capitalist power networks. Peter Mandelson's career trajectory—from Labour grandee to founder of...
The Mandelson-Epstein scandal engulfing Keir Starmer's government represents far more than a diplomatic appointment gone wrong—it exposes the structural mechanisms through which ruling class networks maintain solidarity across ostensible political divides. The spectacle of Labour MPs expressing...
This collection of news items reveals the interconnected mechanisms through which working-class power is being systematically dismantled across multiple fronts. Trump's characterization of ICE shooting victims as 'not angels' performs crucial ideological work: it retroactively justifies state...
The appointment of former Conservative council leader Dan Thomas as Reform UK's Welsh leader reveals how bourgeois politics responds to systemic crisis—not by addressing material conditions, but by shuffling personnel between parties while maintaining class continuity. Thomas's trajectory from...