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The planet is burning – and capitalism is holding the hose
Military spending outstrips investment in renewables, EV technology is hobbled by corporate ego and the infrastructure for a green future sits unbuilt. This isn’t market failure – it’s capitalism working exactly as designed, says Brian Green in the first in a series of articles on global warming.
Some notes on the failure of English socialism
English socialism has long been divided by a civil war between the ‘realism’ of left-reformism and the abstract ‘revolutionary’ politics of the communist sects, says Steve Freeman.
We need a socialist future to fix the planet
The Ecosocialism Conference on 30 May 2026 adopted a necessarily radical approach to the burning issue of the climate crisis. Here, Paris Wilder explains the background to the conference and its socialist outlook.
Drill, comrade, drill – the workers’ case for North Sea oil and gas
Climate change demands urgent action – but not all proposed solutions hold up to scrutiny. From consumer guilt-tripping to supply-side kneejerk reactions, our response is riddled with well-meaning but counterproductive thinking, says Fred Bayer.
Comparing and contrasting Trump and Putin’s visits to Beijing
Two presidential visits to the Chinese capital for two summits with the Chinese president. Brian Green reports on two very different outcomes for Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Thucydides in Beijing: Can the US and China avoid the trap?
Despite the US president hailing “fantastic deals”, beyond the pomp and ceremony, Trump’s much-hyped summit with China’s president Xi Jinping didn’t achieve that much. Brian Green assesses the state of the world’s most important bilateral relationship.
How robust is the AI bubble and with it IT spending?
Following his article in The Left Lane on inequality last week, Brian Green now turns his attention to the AI bubble and what its collapse could mean for an over-indebted economy addicted to AI spending.
The ‘halves’ and the ‘half-nots’ – examining inequality
Inequality is on the rise and the top 10% of ‘earners’ are amassing more and more wealth at the expense of the rest of us, says Brian Green in this economic update.
Some May Day thoughts on the search for truth in a complex world
On May Day, artist, poet and writer Gordon Liddle offers some apposite reflections on Iran and other oncoming supply catastrophes.