Editorial The United States and Israel have launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran, a state that was not threatening their interests. This is a war to destroy the Iranian state and is waged in such a way as to cause death and destruction to the political leadership, the state apparatus, civil society and … Continue reading Britain and the War on Iran: staring into the abyss.
The Iranian Debacle – A Moment of Opportunity?
Editorial The escalating conflict in the Middle East following the attack on Iran threatens to return Britain to the kind of economic stress it last encountered in the 1970s — rising energy prices, squeezed living standards, and a working class searching for political leadership that speaks directly to its situation. In this context, Clive Lewis's … Continue reading The Iranian Debacle – A Moment of Opportunity?
BBC Iran coverage
Complaints to the BBC David Morrison The BBC coverage of the US/Israel aggression against Iran has been disgraceful. Here are the three examples of their coverage, to which I made formal complaints. 1 Newsnight, 12 January 2026 Ayatollah not implacably opposed to compromise On this programme, Sir Alex Younger (the former head of MI6) asserted that … Continue reading BBC Iran coverage
How goes the US/Israel armed aggression against Iran
David Morrison Before the US and Israel launched their armed aggression against Iran on 25 February, a report by the US National Intelligence Council (which is part of Tulsi Gabbard’s US Office of National Intelligence) assessed that even a large-scale military assault on the country would be unlikely to overthrow the regime in Tehran, even … Continue reading How goes the US/Israel armed aggression against Iran
“The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy” (Paul Holden)
BOOK REVIEW David Jackson “The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy” (Paul Holden) Part 3 This is a lengthy, significant and substantial book of almost 550 pages. It is supported by nearly 800 footnotes, which the author decided to place online. I believe that to do it proper justice required more … Continue reading “The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy” (Paul Holden)
The Central Bank of Japan
Michal Lerner In the March issue of Labour Affairs I described the operation of the UK and US central banks. In this article I will look at the central bank of Japan. But first a word on terminology. There will be many references to ‘reserves’ and ‘reserve accounts’ in the article. Reserves is just another name for money. Reserve … Continue reading The Central Bank of Japan
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams Iranian Democracy Deemed Nonexistent Jews as Victims of Anglo Hegemony Iran Doing What Saddam Failed To Do Snippets The USA: One Nation, Suffering From God Delusions China Once Again Remakes Itself China Not Short of Workers Goths as Mongrels? How To Fail Again in Afghanistan Electricity Failure Gay But Sorrowful Iranian … Continue reading Notes on the News
PALESTINE LINKS
‘Erasing the lines’: How settler outposts are seizing new regions of the West Bank (Oren Zvi & Ariel Caine, +972, 26 March 2026) Oops, we have wrecked another country (David Hearst, Middle East Eye, 25 March 2026) ‘Forever live by the sword’: Understanding Israelis’ massive support for Iran war (Jonathan Ofir, Mondoweiss, 22 March 2026) … Continue reading PALESTINE LINKS
Virtue March
CAN THE LEFT MARCH FOR VICTORY WHILE LOSING THE WORKING CLASS? How the British Left Traded Solidarity for Virtue Signalling, and Why the Working Class Is No Longer Listening Paul Knaggs, Labour Heartlands There is a speech circulating in left-wing circles in Dublin that ought to unsettle every socialist in Britain. Not the kind of … Continue reading Virtue March
Leninist Communism – A Better History that Failed to Complete Itself
Gwydion M. Williams Born in 1950, I remember how different the world was in the 1970s. Communist parties were powerful in most of Western Europe, and the British Communist Party was very influential despite a lack of electoral success. At that time, many in Eastern Europe wanted Reformed Communism rather than a surrender to Western values, the … Continue reading Leninist Communism – A Better History that Failed to Complete Itself
News from Sahra Wagenknecht
A New World Order? Ukraine, Iran, Gaza: Today’s brutal wars are part of a global realignment. Germany and Europe stand at a crossroads: Are we increasingly becoming an appendage of the imperial foreign policy of the declining world power, the USA, which threatens to plunge the world into chaos and is driving our economic decline? … Continue reading News from Sahra Wagenknecht
House of Commons Debates on the Middle East
2 March 2026 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab) Others have mentioned Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, and I think many of us know the way this goes. There are responsibilities on all of our shoulders. The Prime Minister is right that there needs to be a plan. Has the US President shared with him what … Continue reading House of Commons Debates on the Middle East
Don’t Mention the War — Gorton & Denton
Editorial The Green vote in Gorton and Denton increased by 10,170 votes from 4,810 in 2024 to 14,980 in 2026. The Labour vote decreased by 9,191 votes. In the 2024 general election, the Workers Party had got 3,766 votes yet decided, for local reasons, not to stand in this by-election. It advised its supporters to … Continue reading Don’t Mention the War — Gorton & Denton
“The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy”
BOOK REVIEW By David Jackson “The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy” (Paul Holden 2025) Part 2 This is a lengthy, significant and substantial book of almost 550 pages. It is supported by nearly 800 footnotes, which the author decided to place online. To do it proper justice, requires more than … Continue reading “The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy”
Some initial thoughts on the Gorton and Denton by-election
Eamon Dyas The only thing we can glean from this election is that Gorton and Denton is a constituency than is in an area which has experienced the classical manufacturing decline that’s typical of the old Labour heartlands. New Labour, under Blair, when confronted with the trajectory that Thatcher had established for the economy, instead of … Continue reading Some initial thoughts on the Gorton and Denton by-election
Central Banks and Government Spending – A Tale of Two States
Michal Lerner In this article I compare the role of the central banks in government spending in two large capitalist states, the UK, the US. I have chosen these two states because they are both states which are the monopoly issuers of their own currency. In a later article I will look at the role of the … Continue reading Central Banks and Government Spending – A Tale of Two States
The President’s Cake
Review of the 2025 Film Catherine Dunlop This is a film set in Iraq in the early nineties, at the time of sanctions. It was written and directed by Hasan Hadi and produced by Western backers. It won the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes festival’s parallel section, the Directors’ Fortnight. The director, Hasan Hadi, has taught film in the U.S. … Continue reading The President’s Cake
The UK’s War against Russia has made it much poorer.
Dave Gardner National polling and the result of the Gorton and Denton byelection has shown the British voters’ fury with the way in which the established political parties have damaged living standards over the past four years. Yet mainstream politicians are oddly reluctant to explain their failure, citing as one of the causes ‘the war … Continue reading The UK’s War against Russia has made it much poorer.
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