Peter Thiel of Palantir’s private viewing of the Bayeux Tapestry: barbarians inside the gates
Those who consider Thiel worthy of a private view of a great cultural masterpiece are barbarism’s servants and facilitators.
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Glasgow SNP and Greens vote to cut council workers’ pay via “fire and rehire”
Scottish National Party–controlled Glasgow City Council is using a long-delayed equal pay settlement to cut local authority workers’ salaries. The city council is preparing “fire and rehire” measures against as much as 11 percent of its 24,000 non-teaching workforce.
Steve James•
Sri Lankan government boasts of “economic recovery” as austerity deepens
The economic growth since the 2022 crisis has been achieved by suppressing workers’ real wages and starving public services.
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Millions purged from US food stamp rolls, as Wall Street demands more cuts
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” has stripped SNAP benefits from roughly 5 million people since the law’s enactment. At least 1.2 million children are affected, while schools are seeing enrollment in free school breakfasts and lunches plunge.
Kate Randall•
Shannon Jones•
Tony Robson•
Patrick Martin•
Erika Zimmer•
Kate Randall•
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May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism
This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.
Nick Beams•
Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: The end of the “New Elizabethan Age”
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The Uvalde massacre and the pathological violence of American life
The scale of the horror and the depth of the public reaction suggest that something of a “tipping point” has been reached.
David Walsh•
The US baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children
In the wealthiest country in the world, store shelves are empty and millions of families are now facing a desperate struggle to find essential nutrition products for their babies and toddlers.
Kevin Reed•
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Eric London•
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