Mass arrests ahead of May Day demonstrations in Turkey
Police-state repression is part of the government's drive to crush social and political opposition by establishing a presidential dictatorship.
Barış Demir•
UK Labour government continues to deny justice for Horizon Post Office scandal victims
Between 1999 and 2015, the Post Office prosecuted 736 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses—an average of one a week—for accounting errors caused by a faulty IT system named Horizon, provided to the Post Office by Fujitsu.
Dennis Moore•
Private equity firm announces bankruptcy, leading to shutdown of hospital system throughout southeast Pennsylvania
A Texas bankruptcy ruling led to the planned shutdown of two hospitals, employing 2,651 people and serving 75,000 patients in suburban Philadelphia.
Matt Allen, Nick Barrickman•
National Education Union conference reveals growing opposition to Labour’s attack on education
Illusions promoted by the education unions that a Labour government would end more than a decade of austerity in Britain under the Tories, have rapidly dispersed.
Tania Kent, Margot Miller•
Hakan Özal•
Patrick Martin•
Kate Randall•
Tony Robson•
Joshua Rodriguez•
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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•
Jacob Crosse•
Eric London•
Joseph Scalice•
Niles Niemuth•
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