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TAKING STOCK OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE TRUMP XI SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON.

I wrote this article before XI was met at the airport by Trump. A US President meeting a visiting leader at the airport is as rare as Trump failing to tell a lie. Then there was the banquet China hosted, filled with politicians and US oligarchs, the very ones the US had tried to protect through waging economic war on China. Everything about this trip speaks of triumphalism and celebration by a country which has escaped the deadly embrace of the Hegemon and is now standing tall casting a long shadow down the Beltway.

THEIR RIGHTS AND OURS.

This article explains how parliamentary democracy (PD) has sustained the rule of the capitalist class over more than a century. It focuses on Britain. How PD has enabled the ruling class to survive two world wars and innumerable other wars, two depressions and innumerable recessions, the Russian Revolution, the General Strike and the loss of Empire. Finally, it is worth mentioning the role of propaganda. After the General Strike in 1926 the government recognised the need for a state broadcaster – BBC – to be used artistically and creatively to convey the ruling ideas of the ruling class into the living room of every house.

MICHAEL ROBERTS IS WRONG ABOUT CHINA.

TO SAVE ITS EMPIRE IS THE US WILLING TO SET THE WORLD ECONOMY ON FIRE?

CHINA PROFITS GAIN FROM A BROADER TECH BASE THAN THE USA.

This the fourth and final examination of country profitability. The previous three articles covered Germany, Japan and the USA. Together these four large economies realise over 60% of global profits so their combined total represents a powerful insight into the current trend in profits.

AS IN THE USA, BUT UNLIKE GERMANY, JAPAN’S RATE OF PROFIT ROSE IN Q2 2026

MAKE THAMES WATER OUR WATER NOW!

I wrote an article for the Left Lane on the growing crisis that is Thames Water and Burnham’s refusal to nationalise it. The article can be found here: https://theleftlane2024.substack.com/p/make-thames-water-our-water-now

THE USA IS AT ITS MOST PROFITABLE IN 60 YEARS.

THE GERMAN ECONOMY LIMPED ALONG IN Q2 MISSING OUT ON AI.