Merz’s government statement: War abroad, social counterrevolution at home
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Kate Randall•
Far-right violence against migrants continues in Belfast
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Paul Bond•
One million young people in UK not in education, employment or training
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Darren Paxton, Jordan Hammond•
Patrick Martin•
Jordan Shilton•
Steve James•
NHS FightBack•
John Braddock•
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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”
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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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