The media has been full of talk of a “new Cold War” since the brief war between Russia and Georgia. It is more accurate to talk of the latest episode of the “war on terror”—that is, of the US’s attempt… Continue Reading
The smell of death around this government is so overpowering it seems to have anaesthetised them all… The imaginary Blair/Brown ideological distinction has now been exposed as the sham it always was… The sad truth is that he [Brown] opposed… Continue Reading
The biggest financial crisis for 79 years, followed by the most expensive nationalisation of all time; a combination of recession and inflation with completely unpredictable effects; a new explosive flashpoint of international tension, this time on the Black Sea midway… Continue Reading
The following statement was issued by the Coordination of the International Socialist Tendency on 13 October 2008. The extraordinary waves of panic that have swept through global financial markets in the past few weeks have filled ordinary working people around… Continue Reading