150 Years — Learning from Rosa Luxemburg
One hundred and fifty years ago, Rosa Luxemburg (Rozalia Luksenburg) was born in what is now Poland, the daughter of a Jewish timber merchant. The young Rosa became politically active at an early age; at 16 she joined the revolutionary circle “Proletariat” and began to agitate among her fellow students. At this early age, her […]
New Budget Kicks the Can Down the Road
Today’s budget announcement has provoked more political and media discussion, debate and controversy than most in recent memory. The main reasons for this are two-fold. On the one hand, because of the still devastating situation in which most working people still find themselves. In the midst of a third lockdown, with rising unemployment, millions are […]
Biden Gets Ready to Wage A Global “Democracy Offensive”
The conflict between a rising Chinese state capitalism and waning U.S. capitalism has emerged as the defining global conflict of our time. Under Trump, the U.S. imposed massive tariffs on China, banned the technology company Huawei, and engaged in an ferocious war of words with the so-called “communist” regime. After only a few weeks, it […]