Jobs cull in UK retail industry set to continue in 2026
According to the Centre for Retail Research, the final tally by the end of 2025 is 17,349 store closures and 201,953 redundancies.
Margot Miller•
Quebec imposes pro-landlord rent “reform” amid unprecedented housing crisis
The CAQ’s “reform” will inevitably aggravate an unprecedented housing crisis—one that Premier François Legault and his CAQ government have systematically sought to blame on immigrants.
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Trump’s military strikes against boats in Caribbean target Latin American working class
US forces kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife after blockading and terrorizing the working class in the region.
Jules Warren•
Full-time employment plummets in Australia
Some 3.3 million people, more than one-fifth of the workforce, are either unemployed or underemployed, 431,000 more than a year ago.
Leonard Johns•
John Braddock•
Simon Whelan, Robert Stevens•
Jacob Crosse•
John Braddock•
Karen Maxwell•
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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.
Kevin Reed•
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