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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The defection of former Conservative Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi to Reform UK represents not a genuine political transformation but rather a strategic repositioning of capital-aligned political actors within Britain's rightward-shifting electoral landscape. Zahawi, forced from cabinet over tax...
The fatal shooting of US citizen Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis, followed by the wounding of two Venezuelan immigrants in Portland, has ignited over a thousand planned protests across the United States. This eruption of popular resistance reveals the sharpening contradictions in...