UK Labour government refuses to pay pension compensation to millions of women
Labour reneged on promises made while in opposition that it would compensate women who lost tens of thousands of pounds due to pension changes.
Margot Miller•
Washington Post cartoonist resigns after paper kills her scathing sketch depicting Bezos and other oligarchs bowing before Trump
As Trump’s inauguration draws near, the financial oligarchy is more openly asserting its control over all aspects of society, including the so-called “free press.”
Jacob Crosse•
Australia: Coronial inquest whitewashes death in custody of 41-year-old mentally ill man
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Oligarch Elon Musk posts torrent of far-right content backing Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson in the UK
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Mike Head•
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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.
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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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