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Fighting racism today involves understanding racism as one of the ways in which capitalism divides people.

British manufacturing is in recession, undermining chancellor George Osborne’s forecasts of steady economic growth.

Roddy Slorach’s new book A Very Capitalist Condition puts forward a Marxist analysis of disability. Sadie Robinson looks at how its insights can help activists in the fightback

Simon Basketter looks behind the spin of the giant online retailer to examine how it expands by exploiting workers—and what really drives it

The heads of state at the Cop21 climate change talks in Paris know that climate change is one of the most urgent problems facing humanity.

Imperialism and international competition lies behind wars the world over. But if capitalism causes war, what ends it? Dave Sewell looks at the revolts that stopped the slaughter

The system pushes workers to fight back and struggles can unexpectedly break out—but as Sadie Robinson argues, that doesn’t mean we should simply sit back and wait

As thousands of steel workers face the sack, Tomáš Tengely-Evans argues that we should blame the real culprits and fight back

The tabloids marked the visit to Britain of Chinese president Xi Jinping with racist jokes. But David Cameron was declaring a new “golden age” as he rolled out the red carpet.

Volkswagen have been caught trying to rig emissions tests to make their diesel cars seem “cleaner”. The scandal has exposed how car manufacturers bend and break the rules in the drive for profit. But, as Simon Basketter argues, corruption and con tricks aren’t about bucking the system—they’re part of it

China’s rulers’ attempts to maintain growth have created a mountain of debt and empty buildings

Socialist Worker editor Judith Orr spoke about her new book Marxism and Women’s Liberation