Boris Kagarlitsky – the Russian sociologist, political scientist, self-declared Marxist, and socialist – is in jail after a court decided to change a “too soft” sentence to fine him into a five-year prison sentence. In […]
In an election held last October in Poland, with a historically high voter turnout of more than 74 percent, the previously ruling Law and Justice (PiS) – a right wing populist and nationalist party – lost […]
Keir Starmer’s New Labour in Britain is on course to win the general election as the only available governmental alternative to prime minister Rushi Sunak’s hated Tory government. Nonetheless, millions will not be able to […]
Successive British governments, starting in earnest with Margaret Thatcher, continuing under Tony Blair and New Labour, and the rest since, have embarked on mass privatisation of previously nationalised industries in Britain. What has been the […]
The general election in Pakistan saw a surge in support for Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, despite it not officially being on the ballot paper. The surge was so strong that the military was […]
Labour Winter Business Conference 2024, like last year’s British Labour Party conference, represented a further tightening of the ties between big business and the Labour leadership. Sponsored by HSBC and Bloomberg, £1,000 per head tickets […]
Tech company Meta, owner of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, reported that it will pay $1.25 billion in dividends to its shareholders every quarter. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who has about 350 million shares, will get […]
The decision by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to re-enter power-sharing arrangements at Stormont, after two years of boycott, followed claims by party leader Jeffrey Donaldson that he had secured major changes to proposed restrictions […]
The Chinese Communist Party dominated state is facing a narrowing of support in society. For decades, the leadership of CCP has relied on economic growth to maintain its legitimacy. However, this model is not as […]
Days after the UN International Court of Justice in the Hague ruled that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, Israeli forces continue their murderous bombardment from land and air. “Hague […]
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