Political economy
Economy: The worst is yet to come
Assumptions that damage to the UK economy was inevitable have now been backed up with concrete evidence.
Here’s to 2022 – for a revolutionary new year
Editorial December-January 2021-22, No. 389
The Corona Crash by Grace Blakeley
Andy Yorke reviews The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic will Change Capitalism by Grace Blakeley
The house always wins: What we can learn from the GameStop stock war
The war between Wall Street and Reddit shows you cannot defeat the capitalists at their own game.
Engels 1820-1895: the struggle for scientific socialism
Bicentenary of Engels birth.
The global crisis, the working class and the left
The global working class is threatened by the pandemic and economic crisis.
World Economy Facing a Recession
The latest figures are startling. The capitalist world economy is heading for a crisis. It has already broken out in the manufacturing sector
Global capitalism at a turning point
Our perspectives on the current global situation, League for the Fifth International Congress in Berlin, June 2019
V is for Value
If the process of production inevitably produces a bit of extra value, and that extra bit comes only from what the workers contribute, why should the profits go into the pockets of the business owners?
McDonnell’s “New Economics” – looking forward or avoiding reality?
By Simon Hardy Over the last few months the new Labour leadership has been conducting a series of meetings, rallies and workshops to discuss the idea of the “New Economics”. The need for such an initiative is clear; the post-Blair party is struggling to re-establish a clear identity, and the new leadership are fighting to […]
