Politicians holding a press conference with a sign that says Living Wage for All

Keir Starmer’s government, true to its deeply shady form, has filled the Department for Education (DfE) with people close to both corporate and pro-Israel lobbyists. And the overlapping right-wing network flows from old Blairites like Peter Mandelson and Jim Murphy to the more recent Starmerites at Labour Together. Electoral Commission statistics show us just how […]

By Ed Sykes

1,275 words No matter what happens with AI, it’s going to be an economic catastrophe. If AI is just a giant bubble, obviously that bubble is going to burst, and it will bring down the whole economy. Indeed, the American economy is mostly stagnant. All the growth right now is in AI. If AI actually […]

Over six million donkeys are slaughtered each year to produce ejiao. It’s a gelatine used in supplements, food and cosmetics. And it’s sold globally, including via major online retailers. Working donkey and horse charity Brooke carried out an investigation. It found that while Amazon UK doesn’t sell these products directly, they remain available through third-party […]

By The Canary

Former Al Qaeda member and US-backed Syrian president Ahmed Al-Sharaa will be a guest at the influential G7 forum. Al-Sharaa’s presence is about Syria’s reintegration into the global capitalist economy. Syria’s use by Western powers as a “potential strategic hub for supply chains” will also be discussed given the Strait of Hormuz is blocked. The […]

By Joe Glenton

Eight members of the Congressional Black Caucus stand next to each other at a press conference, with chair Rep. Yvette Clark standing at the lectern.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and President Donald Trump

John Stossel stands next to cash that says "FINITE MONEY"

John Stossel stands next to cash that says "FINITE MONEY"

毎日搾取されながらも、自分より賢そうな人間がもっともらしい説明で「すべて合法で正当だ」と言う世界に生きていれば、制度への信頼、専門家への信頼、合法的プロセスへの信頼をすべて投げ捨て、自分のために不正をしてやると約束する独裁者に身を委ねたくなる。それは当然のことだ。

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Reem Ibrahim appears on the left, Katherine Mangu-Ward appears on the right. In the center box, there is an image of California Governor Gavin Newsom holding up a package of diapers. Above him reads bold text "$20 Million for Diapers?"

In a patriarchal hellscape led by men. Why not renounce masculinity completely?

Are those socialized as male incapable of having nurturing, caring relationships with themselves and others without violence? Could something good come out of it?

「買い手が気をつけろ」を世界の運営原則にすることは、単に労働者から富裕層への移転ではない。交渉に疲弊する人々から、交渉に活力を得る人々への移転なのだ。人間の思考様式の多様な差異のうち、たった1つだけを取り出して、それを成功の唯一最大の基準、人生の機会を決定づける最大の要因に仕立て上げるやり方だ。

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ワールドコムからエンロンまで、暗号通貨からAIまで、バブルの本質は残滓の有無にあるのではなく、勤労者から詐欺師への富の移転にある。バブルとは、ものを作る人々が苦労して積み立てた虎の子の貯蓄を、ものを盗む人々へと移し替えるシステムだ。

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Big Oil, Big Banks and arms companies are profiting massively from the war on Iran. Iran War — Oil While most people face higher bills, oil giants are making a lot of money. Shell has reported its first quarterly profits. They are up £982 million on the year before. That’s after BP, which actually doubled […]

By James Wright

At Chrome’s scale, the climate bill for one model push, paid in atmospheric CO2 by the entire planet, is between 6,000 and 60,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions, depending...

At Chrome’s scale, the climate bill for one model push, paid in atmospheric CO2 by the entire planet, is between 6,000 and 60,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions, depending on how many devices receive the push. That is the environmental cost of one company unilaterally deciding that two billion peoples’ default browser will mass-distribute a 4 […]

The idea that neoliberal capitalism brought about the smart phone is actually a myth, as economist Mariana Mazzucato debunks in her book The Entrepreneurial State. In fact, it was the public sector that innovated the crucial technologies in a smart phone. The tech The US public sector, via the armed forces, pioneered the internet through […]

By James Wright

For a long time, the word “capitalism” was taboo. Now that multimillionaires and billionaires have taken over the U.S. government, it’s on everyone’s lips. Yet there are only a few systematic analyses of “capitalism and war.” By Klaus Moegling Capitalism…

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John Stossel stands in front of a cartoon depicting people protesting capitalism

Wow. Just wow.

Also—such shitty practices.

Most people you know will use Meta applications. But do they know the corporate giant is also paying Israeli extremists amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza and illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank? Meta incentivising hate, violence, and illegality Digital rights group 7amleh has released a new report showing Meta isn’t just failing to […]

By Ed Sykes

Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice is trying to just shrug off a tax scandal surrounding one of his companies despite experts saying laws were clearly broken. The company in question is property investment firm Quidnet REIT Limited. Alongside Tice, there are two other directors, Nicholas Tribe and John Purcell, both of whom Tice has […]

By Ed Sykes

On November 5, 2008—the nadir of that year’s eponymous financial crisis—Queen Elizabeth II visited the London School of Economics to celebrate the opening of a new building. In a moment that made headlines around the world, she asked her hosts about the market crash: “Why did no one see it coming?”

To historians, at least, the answer appeared to be that few had been looking. Whereas the study of…

Donald Trump is asking for more money to hunt so-called “domestic terrorists” on the left—and it seems like they’re talking about you.

Buried in the FBI’s 2027 budget request to Congress was a request for funding efforts to implement the National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-7), a national security strategy targeting supposed anti-American activity on the left that Trump signed in…

Representative Ro Khanna is speaking on the left. Nick Gillespie is listening on the right. An image of the U.S. capitol building appears in the center square. Text in quotation marks appears across the top of the screen the reads "The Federalist Papers Aren't Working"

Banking giant JP Morgan has gone on a capital strike (withholding investment). Following this, Labour has been quick to offer an 100% discount on the bank’s business rates, spread out over “a period of years”. At the same time, doctors have been on a workers’ strike for pay restoration and job security. It appears that, […]

By James Wright

Nick Gillespie on the left and Brink Lindsey on the right, with a central photo of Jeff Bezos seated among tech leaders at a formal event. Large text reads “NEW CLASS DIVIDE?

UK shoppers are facing a desperate struggle for basic essentials as the war in Iran triggers a price shock. Pessimism has taken root across the country, and who can fucking blame people? When you have 14 million households struggling to afford basic essentials, it’s hard not to feel abandoned by the elite-serving system. April brings […]

By Antifabot

NEW YORK – As yet another news cycle confirms that extreme wealth functions as a force field against accountability, the discourse has evolved. We’re no longer debating whether to eat the rich; we’ve moved on to the more pressing culinary question: how best to season them. While food writers agree that no single condiment can […]

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