We are living in the most volatile of times. As the relatively stable prevailing world order of the last few decades passes away, sudden shocks and sharp swings to right and left […]
British Elections: Corbyn Upsurge, May in “Hopeless Trap”
Comey Testimony: Dance of the Whooping Cranes
When male whooping cranes compete for a mate, they do a formalized, ritualized dance, designed to impress and intimidate, but also to ensure that no serious damage is done to their rival. […]
Not so Fast, Theresa May! Report From Britain
One of the few bright notes in today’s world is the amazing progress the left-wing Jeremy Corbyn of the British Labour Party has made in the present election campaign there. He is […]
Trump Pulls Out of Paris Climate Accord: Another Crisis for US Capitalism
It was a surreal scene straight out of “Brave New World”. A shirt sleeved crowd, composed in part of representatives of climate change deniers like the Koch Brothers’ “American Energy Alliance” and […]
Trump Crisis is a Crisis of US Capitalism
Is the United States headed towards its greatest political crisis since the US Civil War? It seems that might be the case. With London bookies giving more or less even odds on […]
Trump and the Political Crisis for the US Capitalist Class
Often a movement from below is foretold by a crisis at the top. Is that what is happening now? A recent article by Max Boot seems to show that. Boot, a former lifelong […]
Britain: The Mood in the Run-Up to the Elections
In our second report from Britain, Nick Bradley writes on the mood and other developments in the London/Essex region: It seems an amazingly low key election so far – I live and […]
Coming British Elections: Some Quick Impressions
British Prime Minister Theresa May has called for national elections for June 8. This takes place at a time when she is negotiating the terms for Britain to leave the European Union. […]
Comey Fired: US a “Failing State”
President Trump’s firing of FBI director Comey represents a political crisis for US, and therefore for world, capitalism. “Days before he was fired, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, asked the […]
Lack of a Working Class Political Party: A Deafening Roar
Sometimes when I was working in construction I’d be working right by an air compressor – one of those giant ones that makes a continual thunderous roar. The noise would be so […]