Adam Smith: 250 years
By Michael Roberts This week 250 years ago, Adam Smith published An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations – and invented economics.Read More
Iran sanctions, the petrodollar and Bretton Woods
By Adel Mostowfi Sanctions and economic problems for the mass of the population have played an important part in the opposition to the Iranian regime over recentRead More
Trump’s Hobson’s choice
By Michael Roberts Today the crude oil topped $95 per barrel, despite the International Energy Agency (IEA) approving its largest-ever release of emergency oil reserves, with memberRead More
Editorial: Restore Labour Party democracy!
It has been too long in the coming, but better late than never. The Labour Outlook website reports that “a coalition of trade union leaders, over 25Read More
The new international order and the degeneration of Labour
By Steve McKenzie (member of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley Unite Community) The degeneration of the right-wing leadership of the Labour party under Sir Keir Starmer is plainRead More
China: the 15th National Plan
By Michael Roberts The Chinese government is just completing its annual ‘two sessions’ or lianghui. The ‘two sessions’ refers to two major political gatherings: the Chinese People’sRead More
Socialism, women’s liberation and International Working Women’s Day
By Jamie Green “Hundreds of thousands of working women who labour with their brains are just as much exploited by the action of capitalists and middle-men asRead More
Corbyn wins Your Party CEC election
By Ray Goodspeed (member of Your Party in Leyton and Wanstead) On 26 February, after an ill-tempered process, the results of the elections to the Central ExecutiveRead More
Argentina: a government of financial occupation
By Jokin Mendizabal On March 1 of each year, the legislative year begins in Argentina with the president’s speech before the two legislative chambers. This year weRead More
Radio review: bogus self-employment
By Ray McHale, Secretary, West Cheshire TUC The regular BBC Radio 4 programme, File on 4 Investigates looked recently at several areas of “bogus” or “false” self-employmentRead More
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