By Michael Roberts Every year, I do a post on books that I have reviewed during the last 12 months. What’s a bit surprising in
Category: International
By Michael Roberts It is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig Beethoven, who was born either on 16 or 17 December 1770. Nobody was
By Richard Mellor in California The Facts For Working People website has regular weekly Zoom discussions covering events in the world around us. We do this in
By Michael Roberts The winter wave of Covid-19 cases continues to rage in Europe, North America and even Latin America and Asia. So, as the
By Michael Roberts The Stigler Center at the Booth Business School of the University of Chicago has just published an e-book commemorating Milton Friedman’s pronouncement on the
By Hassan Jan The Indian farmers have further extended their march on the country’s capital New Delhi to a country-wide Bharat-Band (strike) in protest against a trio
By Caitlin Johnstone The Trump administration is reportedly close to moving the Houthi rebels in Yemen onto its official list of designated terrorist organizations with the goal
By Richard Mellor in California In March of this year, the US airline industry received a $25 bn bailout from the taxpayer via the Cares Act, along
By Michael Roberts The top 1% of households globally own 43% of all personal wealth, while the bottom 50% have only 1%. The top 1%
By Richard Mellor From the socialist website Facts for Working People, this report of a campaign to reinstate a union representative supporting nurses fighting for PPE:
