Growing instability in the US economy and financial markets could have serious consequences worldwide because of the central role of the US dollar and financial system, argues MICHAEL BURKE
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The tale of a US spy plane over the South China Sea
While the US claimed China intercepted its reconnaissance aircraft ‘unprofessionally,’ it failed to mention the spy plane’s proximity to mainland China and People’s Liberation Army training exercises, reports PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
CLOSE CALL: The Chinese J-16 seen in a video shot from the US RC-135 spy plane
Despite Andy Burnham’s declaration defending the continued partition of the island, all major international and internal trends are converging to make Irish reunification inevitable
The left needs a bold energy vision – because if it fails to provide one, others will shape the future in their own interests, argues ALAN SIMPSON
From Margate to Deal, mining memories are being kept alive. National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations in the Garden of England
Humans are part of the ‘animal kingdom’ – and of nature in general – but also distinct from it and labour (work) is part of what makes us unique, declared Engels. His insights 150 years ago into how our species came to be and how we differ from the rest of nature, are as important today as they were then, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Boxes of books, family photos and heirlooms, labour movement anniversaries, along with nostalgic memories of glorious childhood days on the Ayrshire coast still leave room for a wistful MATT KERR to hope for a better future
ON Wednesday May 31, China strongly rejected the US version of an incident involving planes from the two countries over the South China sea.
The previous day, the US Indo-Pacific Command had released a video and announced that a Chinese military jet had made an “unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre” near a US military aircraft.
The incident, which supposedly took place on May 26, comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two nations.
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