By Michael Roberts Alphabet (Google) announced its earnings results on 22 July 2026. At first sight, the results were spectacular: revenue was up 24%, with
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By John Pickard Notwithstanding the comic machismo of US War Secretary, Pete Hegseth, and leaving aside the impossibility of taking seriously anything Donald Trump says,
By Andy Ford In July 1946, eighty years ago, the first shots were fired in the Chinese Civil War on the North China plains. The
Republished from Facebook In addition to pointing out how this by-election is really not about Clacton and all about Farage. We need to also keep
By John Pickard The drift in governance in the main countries of capitalism – notably Europe and the USA – is moving slowly but inexorably
By Michael Roberts Why is Europe falling behind in investment and growth compared with the US, let alone China and India? In a new report, Labour
By Umar Shahid The morning of July 20 brought disturbing scenes from Jantar Mantar Delhi, where tens of thousands of students, parents, retired professors, and
By Richard Mellor in California Not every political analyst in the United States is a Trump apologist or another corporate media personality, building a career
90 years since the generals’ revolt in Spain
By Tim White Ninety years ago, on the morning of July 17, 1936, a radio broadcast was sent from Cuerta, in Spanish Morocco, to mainland
By Michael Roberts China’s second quarter GDP growth saw a significant deceleration, down to 4.3% year over year from 5.0% in the first quarter and
