This article documents a striking example of state capture by a specific fraction of capital—the fossil fuel industry—which has effectively subordinated US foreign and domestic policy to its narrow profit interests. The Trump administration's aggressive promotion of oil, gas, and coal, combined...
The Trump-Xi summit in Beijing offers a revealing spectacle of inter-imperialist relations in the current phase of global capitalism. Beneath the pageantry—state banquets, manicured gardens, and a military band playing YMCA—we find the core logic of great power diplomacy: managing the...
This live political coverage documents a critical moment in British politics where internal Labour Party factional struggles intersect with external financial market pressures. The article reveals a striking dynamic: as Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor positioned as a potential...
The Trump-Xi summit in Beijing offers a striking illustration of how contemporary great power politics serves as a vehicle for competing capitalist blocs rather than national populations. The explicit presence of Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and other corporate executives at diplomatic...
Wes Streeting's resignation from Keir Starmer's cabinet reveals less about individual political ambitions than about the structural crisis of social democracy in late neoliberal Britain. The article presents what appears to be a straightforward leadership contest—a competent minister versus an...
Shane Massey's theatrical rejection of Trump's redistricting demands exemplifies how intra-class conflicts within the ruling bloc get mystified through the language of federalism, tradition, and procedural concern. The South Carolina Senate majority leader's 45-minute address was a masterclass in...
The political turmoil engulfing the Labour Party represents far more than a personality clash between Starmer and Streeting—it exposes the fundamental contradiction at the heart of social democratic politics in the neoliberal era. Labour, ostensibly a party founded by trade unions to represent...
The Labour Party's leadership crisis offers a stark demonstration of how bourgeois parliamentary democracy operates under conditions of capitalist crisis. What appears as a contest between personalities—Starmer versus Streeting versus Burnham—is fundamentally a debate within capital's political...
The Labour Party's leadership crisis reveals the fundamental contradiction facing social democratic parties under contemporary capitalism: they promise to represent working-class interests while governing within constraints that demand service to capital. Keir Starmer's speech—acknowledging...