The last African team still standing has won the football (soccer) World Cup. The only thing is, they played as the French team. But over half the starting players are of African […]
African team wins world cup!
Theresa May and the degeneration of British capitalism
by Roger Silverman in London The recent gyrations of the May government are descending into farce. Trotsky once wrote that the British imperialists “do their thinking in terms of centuries and continents”. […]
“Markets will teach Italians how to vote…”
Yes, he actually said that – Gunther Oettinger, senior member of the European Commission. The “markets will teach Italians how to vote.” In other words, the blind, impersonal forces of global capitalist […]
50 Years ago today: France on May Day, 1968
“While these lines are written, a student movement is agitating France….” Olivier Delbeke reports from France. For more on the history of May Day, see this article. Introduction Fifty years ago today, […]
Corbyn an anti-Semite? Roger Silverman comments
A huge brouhaha against Jeremy Corbyn is being kicked up by the capitalist media in Britain. They are claiming that this left leader of the British Labour Party is an anti-Semite. Roger […]
Report from Denmark
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the great uprising in France (1968). Now, massive strikes against the neoliberal attacks of Macron are under way there. Below, Birgitte N. reports that something similar […]
Report from Germany
K. Reimann reports from Dresden in eastern Germany: As we know, yesterday was Election Day in Germany. I knew exactly that, despite my efforts, the AfD was going to win and that […]
