Today, May 1, Left Horizons and its supporters and contributors extend greetings to socialists and organised workers everywhere in the world. At the present time,
Category: International
1986: the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – part one
Part I: the ticking time bomb In a three part article, CAIN O’MAHONY, who has worked in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, looks at the world’s
1936-39: Palestine in revolt.
By Mike Kennard In 1936 Palestine was paralysed by a general strike which lasted from April to October and heralded 3 years of brutal suppression
By Michael Roberts Global imbalances are back on the agenda of the economic powers that be. What are these ‘global imbalances’? First, there is the
By Michael Roberts The era of disinflation is over. By disinflation, I mean a rise in overall prices of goods and services, but at a
By Richard Mellor in California John Mearsheimer is a US political scientist and international relations scholar. He a professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. I have considerable respect for John
By Michael Roberts Michael Roberts published this blog on the eve of the Hungarian election on 11 April 2026. The original article can be found
Measuring a world rate of profit – again
By Michael Roberts Back in 2012, I made an initial attempt to go beyond measuring the rate of profit on capital in any one country
By Greg Oxley To mark the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin 1916 we are publishing a political biography of
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Tuesday, 31 March 2026. The original article can be found here. ************** In
