A deep read into the history of the classically liberal Economist, the book under review shows a magazine fronting for empire building, militarism and the triumph of finance capital.
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With its elite decision-makers and opinion-formers—and over 1.5 million copies sold per week—The Economist has exerted tremendous influence on popular liberal discourse for more than a century. The book author finds its reputation undeserved.
To abandon a far-reaching agenda of economic policies, as a handful of former and current Labour lawmakers suggest, risks undercutting the popularity still buoying the party.
Early exit polls have suggested a Tory landslide, with Leave-voting areas switching away from Labour according to predictions. Two completely contrasting visions for our future were on the ballot paper. Labour’s offer went further than two years ago
The prime minister’s action might adhere to the letter of the law but in spirit it is an act of wanton constitutional vandalism. Prorogation is a device to silence parliament. Trump has tweeted his support. Is this what Trump sees for our country.
The reprinting of a classic book on the Northern Irish "Troubles" of 50 years ago is the occasion for a relook at warring nationalisms, armed violence and ethnic oppression that divided a population, leaving capital and British imperialism unscathed.
An inquiry into how and why one’s class background in Great Britain privileges or thwarts access to elite occupations through an investigation of barriers to upward mobility.
Jeremy Corbyn at Britain's Labour Party Conference announces a radical plan to rebuild and transform Britain as an alternative to the politics of austerity, of social division and international conflict.
Responding to the smear campaign against its leader Jeremy Corbyn, the British Labor Party appears ready to adopt a definition of anti-Semitism that includes “examples” it earlier rejected that would severely curb the freedom to criticize Israel.
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