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GEORGE OSBORNE'S Autumn Statement scares the pants off me. Billed as a give-away programme to boost the NHS and the economy, its real impact could be to throw Britain into a new round of recession and austerity.
The Chancellor knows that his tax revenues are shrinking - the rich no longer pay tax and the poor are too poor to make up the difference.
However much he promises the NHS, the Chancellor knows he will have to borrow £100 billion to balance the books this year.
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
The collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation poses an existential threat — but do today’s politicians have the capacity to deliver the more resilient and sustainable economics of tomorrow, wonders ALAN SIMPSON
The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?
