This congressional update reveals the ideological machinery of capitalist governance operating beneath a surface of partisan drama. While media attention focuses on individual scandals—sexual misconduct, extramarital affairs—the substantive class warfare continues uninterrupted. The Trump...
This article presents a striking juxtaposition: its headline focuses on sexual misconduct allegations against Representative Eric Swalwell, while buried within are details of a far more consequential development—the US Navy's announced blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and all Iranian ports. This...
The UK government's decision to begin stripping residency rights from EU citizens using notoriously unreliable border data represents a telling case study in how capitalist states manage migrant labor populations. While framed as protecting 'public services' and preventing 'unlawful immigration,'...
Kemi Badenoch's policy announcement crystallizes a fundamental dynamic of capitalist governance: the direct transfer of resources from the working class to capital under the ideological cover of national security. The proposal to reinstate the two-child benefit cap—a policy that pushes families...
This live political coverage from April 2026 reveals the material contradictions facing British workers caught between imperial wars abroad and energy insecurity at home. Prime Minister Starmer's admission that he's 'fed up' with energy bills rising due to actions by Trump and Putin represents a...
This Guardian liveblog captures a single day in April 2026 that crystallizes the contradictions of late-stage American capitalism under its current political management. The material reality facing working people—surging inflation driven by war, healthcare being stripped away through fraudulent...
The Democrats' push for a war powers resolution against Trump's Iran campaign represents a significant moment in US imperial politics—not because it will succeed, but because it illuminates the contradictions within American militarism. The resolution faces near-certain failure, as unanimous...
This live blog captures Britain at the intersection of multiple imperial contradictions as the Labour government attempts to manage a cascading geopolitical crisis. The US-Iran war has disrupted global oil routes through the Strait of Hormuz, forcing Starmer into shuttle diplomacy across Gulf...
This sprawling political live-blog reveals the British state's fundamental orientation during geopolitical crisis: protecting capitalist energy infrastructure while managing domestic political competition. Starmer's Gulf visit centers explicitly on 'freedom of navigation in the Strait of...