OCTOBER 9, 2013 – Charlie Kimber and Alex Callinicos (2013) have written a defence of the British Socialist Workers Party (SWP), a party wracked by…
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Apologies to the Clash, the Bobby Fuller Four, and especially Sonny Curtis and The Crickets. • Since 2007, I’ve maintained a little blog, formerly known as…
3 CommentsJULY 26, 2011 – As July came to an end, the United States central government had come up against its congressionally mandated debt ceiling. Without…
Leave a CommentDECEMBER 2, 2010 – There is a growing chorus of voices in the media and the academy singling out the actions of the Chinese state…
One CommentOCTOBER 23, 2010 – In uncertain times, the headline was soothing – “Secretary Geithner vows not to devalue dollar.”[1] United States Secretary of the Treasury…
5 CommentsIn the unfolding of the current economic crisis, many are looking to the state for help. There has been a sudden revival of state intervention…
Leave a CommentPity the poor priests of laissez-faire (the French phrase associated with the advocates of free market capitalism). They want to name a building at the…
Leave a CommentIt was September 11, 1973, that the neo-liberal experiment began. The brutal U.S.-backed coup against Salvador Allende’s government opened the door for the “Chicago Boys”…
Leave a CommentYou can see it in the streets of Cleveland, or Buffalo, or Minneapolis. On all those streets, the working poor who five years ago lived…
Leave a CommentGetting a picture of something as complex as the economy of the U.S. – the world’s largest – is not an easy matter. An earlier…
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