Liz Truss is Britain’s new Prime Minister and while there is an air of unpredictability about how she intends to govern, it appears probable that her government could very well be facing increased industrial conflict and perhaps even the outbreak of social unrest. Truss has signaled her intention to tear…

The United Kingdom — via the malignant core at the heart of its body politic, the Conservative Party — is once more engaged in a contest to pick the latest in a long line of hapless and/or heartless leaders. The decision as to who will be the UK's next Prime…

Inflation is hitting highs not seen in a generation. Millions of people are struggling to afford the basic necessities required for survival. Stock markets are having their worst year in half a century. Economists warn of a looming recession. Capitalism, my friends, is once more in crisis mode. There is…

Last month, workers from the British transport trade union, the RMT, went on strike over wages, conditions, job security and what RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch described as the “transport austerity” of job cuts and inadequate pay. …

In 2010, Jimmy McMillan — a Vietnam War veteran, former postal worker, and an all-round eccentric — sought election to the office of Governor in New York. He had one simple slogan: “The Rent is Too Damn High”. …

The world’s richest man has flashed his cash and decided that if he cannot buy universal adulation on Twitter, he will simply buy Twitter itself. And while it may take as much as six months before the $44 billion acquisition is completed, there has already been plenty of speculation about…

There should be no doubt that capitalism is to blame for the rapidly escalating cataclysm we now find ourselves in. Rampant extraction and production on a planet with finite resources is leading to a series of interlinked crises, of which climate change is the most serious. It seems that those…

The presidency of Donald Trump will be remembered for many things; his two impeachments, his saber-rattling against other nations, his consistent racism, and, of course, the storming of the Capitol building in Washington DC. That last act in particular will long linger in our memories and was a fitting reminder…

Imagining the Post-Covid World We are entering a stage of the pandemic that we might optimistically term “the beginning of the end.” The rollout of the various vaccines has begun in earnest, and as our most vulnerable citizens are vaccinated, we can now finally catch a glimpse of that faint…