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What’s British imperialism up to in Oman?

January 29, 2019 By Ian Sinclair

Britain signed an ‘assistance’ treaty with Oman in 1798. In 2017 it was found to be instructing the monarchy on “how to deal with strikes and stifle protests,” a very long imperial engagement.

Corporate vultures taking advantage of Trump shutdown

January 24, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The capitalist system itself is to blame for the suffering of so many people in Shutdown Nation.

Brexit: UK pulling out of the EU is a complicated issue

January 23, 2019 By Al Neal

The truth is that the EU, originally called the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), was a part of efforts to jumpstart capitalist redevelopment in the 1950s.

Union membership drops to 16.4 million in 2018

January 18, 2019 By Heidi Shierholz

The number of American workers represented by a labor union ticked down last year, extending a decades-long trend.

If income gap is a chasm, wealth gap is Grand Canyon

January 17, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The top 1 percent of the U.S. owned 39.6 percent of U.S. wealth in 2016, up from one-third 33 years before.