New UK prime minister Andy Burnham will step up Labour’s agenda of austerity and war
The claim that Burnham can change the course of the government is a pale imitation of the claims made earlier about Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.
Chris Marsden•
Legal services workers strike in New York City
The strike of 500 lawyers and support staff at Brooklyn Defender Services began Tuesday, part of a developing strike movement in the sector.
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Wages plummet in New Zealand
Wages fell 6.4 percent between 2021 and 2026, the biggest decline among OECD countries, while the banks made tens of billions of dollars and the fortunes of the super-rich hit record levels.
Tom Peters•
Burnham promises Labour’s “last chance for change” he can’t deliver
Not only will the new Labour Party leader continue in all fundamentals Starmer’s agenda of austerity and war, he will escalate it.
Chris Marsden•
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
Kate Randall•
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May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism
This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.
Nick Beams•
Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: The end of the “New Elizabethan Age”
Her carefully cultivated public persona has allowed Elizabeth II to be deployed at times of heightened national crisis as an illusory but politically necessary embodiment of stability and permanence.
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The Uvalde massacre and the pathological violence of American life
The scale of the horror and the depth of the public reaction suggest that something of a “tipping point” has been reached.
David Walsh•
The US baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children
In the wealthiest country in the world, store shelves are empty and millions of families are now facing a desperate struggle to find essential nutrition products for their babies and toddlers.
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