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“I’m not gonna talk you into nothin’ no more. I’m not gonna talk you outta nothin’ no more. I’m just gonna tell you the truth.”

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A strike wave started in June 2022 as workers strove to match wages to prices, especially of food and energy, rising much faster than at any time since the early 1990s. With unemployment low as bosses hired anew for post-lockdown expansion, workers also sought to reverse the decline in real media weekly wages in the period of economic crash and then austerity since 2008. Public service wages had declined particularly, being only 1% higher than private-sector wages (for comparable qualifications,...

From the earliest colonial settlement in South Africa and establishment of the coloured community, there has been systematic othering in SA politics.

For some supporters of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the last party secretary of the Soviet Union offers a cautionary tale.

Denys Pilash — On March 11th 2023 our friend and comrade of Commons, known political economist, political scientist, labour movement historian and an activist of left-wing movements and solidarity with Ukraine, Marco Bojcun, passed away.

A major corruption scandal, involving the head of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and members of the European Parliament, came to light at the end of 2022. All allegedly received bribes from the Qatari and Moroccan regimes, in exchange for cleaning up the country’s image in advance of the 2022 World Cup. An investigation by the Brussels daily Le Soir uncovered the scandal, leading to the arrest and later sacking of ITUC General Secretary Luca Visentini.

March 26 marks the 51st death anniversary of Philip Gunawardena, one of the most colourful political figures of the last century. Dubbed the ‘Father of Marxism’ and the ‘Boralugoda Lion’, Gunawardena whose son Dinesh is now prime minister was a committed socialist who however ended his political career as the Minister of Industries and Fisheries […]

New York is too big to have one signature dish. It has dozens, and many come with a sour pickle on the side, according to June Hersh’s “Iconic New York Jewish Food: A History and Guide with Recipes.”

MEXICO CITY - Elena Poniatowska types slowly now. She works in a small, sunlit office, next to a painting of a woman pulling on an enormous tree with a thin rope. The tree bends away from her, on the...