Capitalism & Crisis
The decline of money
01 Mar 2012
If we are to understand the present crisis we need to grasp the decaying relationship between money, production and value. Hillel Ticktin discusses the growth of fictitious capital and impossibility of getting money to make money
Better dead than Fred
09 Feb 2012
The recent bout of hand-wringing over bankers' bonuses conforms to the general pattern of bourgeois hypocrisy, argues James Turley
Fool's paradise at Davos
02 Feb 2012
Even though Greece continues to edge closer to default, writes Eddie Ford, there has been yet more inaction by global 'leaders'
Monti prepares for fresh attacks
02 Feb 2012
The nature of the Italian resistance to austerity has so far been contradictory, writes Toby Abse
Entering the danger zone again
26 Jan 2012
All the signs are that the ongoing euro crisis is dragging the world economy into recession, writes Eddie Ford
Left goes back to school
26 Jan 2012
Michael Copestake reports on the CPGB's Marxist political economy weekend event
Europe's mutual suicide pact
19 Jan 2012
Austerity plans pursued by European governments are proving to be self-defeating, writes Eddie Ford
Preparing for the second wave
12 Jan 2012
December saw huge protests in Moscow and St Petersburg against the rigging of the elections to the duma. Mark Fischer asked Russian socialist Boris Kagarlitsky about their significance
Playing the blame game
22 Dec 2011
With hundreds of billions of debt due to be repaid in the first quarter of next year, writes Eddie Ford, the euro zone crisis has not gone away
Cameron in the court of King James
22 Dec 2011
The prime minister's speech on the King James Bible ticks every reactionary box going, argues James Turley
Cameron's Euro veto con trick
15 Dec 2011
Despite the deepening rift between the Tories and Liberal Democrats over Europe, writes Eddie Ford, both are committed to further attacks on the working class
Slaughter by austerity butchers
08 Dec 2011
The "Merkozy" plan for greater "fiscal union" looks set to be another failure, writes Eddie Ford
Defence of the nation-state
08 Dec 2011
Dave Douglass reviews VN Gelis "How the IMF broke Greece: eyewitness reports and role of the fake left" 2011, pp222,
Budget assault ups the ante
08 Dec 2011
Almost all Italian parties have fallen in behind the attacks fronted by the new government of technocrats, reports Toby Abse
Keynesian fantasies are no substitute
08 Dec 2011
The Fine Gael/Labour coalition has unveiled the country's fifth austerity budget. Despite that the leading factions of the ULA continue to dither, writes Anne Mc Shane
Marx's spectre haunts the wealthy and powerful
01 Dec 2011
The ruling class has no workable strategy for rescuing the system, argues Hillel Ticktin