capitalism
John McDonnell’s appeal to the bosses is a warning about the limits of Labour
02 November 2018John McDonnell, Labour’s shadow chancellor, made an appeal to banking fat cats this week.
Will the rich flee before a Corbyn government?
09 October 2018While Brexit obsesses politicians and commentators, the super-rich apparently are more worried about Jeremy Corbyn.
The truth about food that makes us sick
02 October 2018Pret A Manger killed a teenage girl.
Ten years from Lehman Brothers—The day the system nearly collapsed
08 September 2018When US banking giant Lehman Brothers collapsed a decade ago, it marked the beginning of a gigantic crash that bosses still want us to pay for today.
Top bosses’ pay soars by 11% as workers suffer wage freezes
15 August 2018While workers face wage curbs and freezes, bosses’ pay is soaring away.
Capital cooks our planet
07 August 2018An international group of scientists has said we face environmental collapse in just a few decades if there isn’t drastic action on climate change.
Jeff Bezos - prime suspect
22 July 2018The truth about the billionaire Amazon boss
It's time to burst the bubble of capitalism
22 June 2018A panic over shortages of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a very good example of the defects of capitalism.
One year on - the Grenfell Tower fire is a symbol of a world built for the rich
12 June 2018The fire at Grenfell Tower is a symbol of decades of attacks on working class people.
Privatisers hand shareholders millions, but ex-Carillion workers’ jobs are on the brink
16 April 2018Companies handed public services by successive governments have given increasing amounts of cash to shareholders, a new survey shows.
Challenging the bosses’ system is not antisemitism
31 March 2018Is saying that the bankers are to blame for problems in society veering towards an attack on Jews?
A system of alienated labour means misery for workers
13 March 2018Alistair Farrow looks at how capitalism alienates workers from their labour, other workers and the world around us
Big firms pay lower rate of tax than before the recession
11 March 2018Major multinationals are paying significantly lower tax rates than before the 2008 financial crisis. Yet taxes on workers have increased.
Strikes show workers have power to change society
06 March 2018Strikes aren’t just another form of protest. They are our most powerful weapon against the bosses
Bosses drive us to death
13 February 2018DPD driver Don Lane’s death shows the human cost of bosses’ decisions.
Marx’s explanation of why capitalism goes into crisis
12 February 2018This year marks 200 years since Karl Marx’s birth. Sadie Robinson looks at his analysis of what lies behind economic crises.
Games of the stock market
09 February 2018Last week's fall in financial markets shows up the volatility of the system and Tomáš Tengely-Evans looks at how investors will treat anything as a commodity to be gambled
The rich business - why competition makes ‘ethical capitalism’ an impossibility
28 January 2018Bosses fear a backlash at rising inequality. And so they should, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans—their system is to blame
Global elite wallow in wealth at Davos summit
23 January 2018Bosses, politicians and celebrities descended on Davos in Switzerland this week for the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Richest 1 percent took 80 percent of wealth created globally last year
22 January 2018July 2016 to July 2017 saw the sharpest increase in the number of billionaires ever recorded, says the Oxfam charity
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