Ruling Class

The price we pay for the prince – weekly briefing

Lindsey German considers the role of ruling class figureheads in maintaining the status quo
Who starts it? Violence, protest and what the police are really for

Attempts to defend the police in Bristol ignore the essential role of policing in society and the hostility to protests and pickets, argues Chris Nineham
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty - review

The BBC’s three-part documentary series on Rupert Murdoch and his media empire gives an intimate view of ruling class power and the challenges to it, writes Tom Whittaker
The sociopathic calculus of capitalism in a crisis

The ruling class is debating whether or not it's worth saving the lives of those it can no longer exploit; this is barbarism, writes Kevin Ovenden
Macron and the shockwaves

There’s everything to fight for as Covid-19 redraws the lines of class war in modern France, observes John Mullen
Message to the government: your friends, the super-rich, are the hoarders - CounterBriefing 21 March

The government is trying to deflect blame from its failings by blaming ordinary people for the shortages, argues Katherine Connelly
Meghan and Harry: the royal descent of an archaic institution

The monarchy serves only to normalise inequality, so let Harry and Meghan go forth and shake it up, writes Sofie Mason
Born to rule over us? – weekly briefing

Lindsey German on privilege and democracy, state control, and standing up to the Jewish Board of Deputies
Boris the bully comes up short – election briefing 20 November

Lindsey German on the first broadcast debate, the super-rich, our ruling class, and Palestine
We need a general election now, whether it’s in the ‘national interest’ or not

There is nothing for Labour to gain from putting the ‘national interest’ first and delaying a general election, argues Shabbir Lakha
Dirty tricks: the British State and the left

Recent attacks on Corbyn are part of the British state's long history of undemining the left, writes Chris Nineham
Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory - book review

Mike Davis punctures many myths about Marx and shows how important the history of working-class struggle remains for today, finds Dominic Alexander
Whether Theresa May wins or loses this no confidence vote, her time is up

There is no clear way out for May, and only one solution for the country - she has got to go
Averting chaos: class, climate change and the movements

Profit and powerful interests are precipitating planetary disaster. Protests such as Saturday's in London must be developed into a mass movement to force political change, argues Feyzi Ismail
Notes on a dying ideology

John Rees on how Brexit is an expression of a crisis for one set of establishment ideas
Don’t look here, look there: the one percent, inequality and Jeremy Corbyn - weekly briefing

The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer isn’t a fact of life; it’s a set of politics that we can change, argues Lindsey German
The dominant ideas in society

Ruling elites use agendas and debates to maintain their control, exposing this cannot be dismissed as conspiracism, argues Des Freedman
After the final days of May

This is the start of a new phase of the crisis, not the end of it, writes John Rees
The royal wedding: a grateful subject gives thanks

Never mind austerity, feast on the joy that is a royal wedding and stop moaning, says Jonathan Maunders
Royal wedding alienation

Marx200: Why do working class people get swept up in the orchestrated, costly drama of a Royal wedding? The answer lies in Marx’s theory of alienation.
When the ruling class can't rule in the old way - weekly briefing

The establishment is losing control, but there is a way out for them, if the left lets its guard down, warns John Rees
All the President’s men are symbols of our times - weekly briefing

Charity begins at the Playboy Club for our capitalist class, writes Lindsey German
Trump sends for the Marines: what could possibly go wrong? - weekly briefing

The Trump administration is like a cross between the declining Roman Empire and a reality show that has gone wrong
Survival is victory: the facts and fictions of the Dunkirk evacuation

Dunkirk 1940 has always been an ideological field day for our ruling class, Chris Bambery cuts through the fog of war
Britain's blossoming political crisis

Both mainstream parties will continue their convulsive evolution in the coming year, writes Brian Heron
The Death of Louis XIV: feudalism’s last gleaming

Tom Lock Griffiths locates a unique performance at the heart of Albert Serra’s study of aristocratic and corporeal decay
The Nazis and the British establishment

In the TV series SS-GB key figures from the British ruling class take part in the resistance against Nazi occupation. But, as Chris Bambery argues, this would have been an unlikely scenario
The tinder before the spark: pre-revolutionary Russia in snapshot

The preconditions of the Russian Revolution were hidden in plain sight, describes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
What is really going on at Trump Tower and why it isn't fascism

Inappropriate use of the F-word misleads and disorientates at a time when clarity is key, warns Chris Nineham
Wall Street’s Think Tank

Wall Street’s Think Tank shows that the Council on Foreign Relations is a pivotal institution for the US ruling class, finds Dominic Alexander
David Cameron and the rituals of the rich

The rituals and secret-keeping of Britain’s privately educated elites are a cornerstone of Conservative Party unity

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Ruling Class

Ruling Class

Lindsey German considers the role of ruling class figureheads in maintaining the status quo

Attempts to defend the police in Bristol ignore the essential role of policing in society and the hostility to protests and pickets, argues Chris Nineham

The BBC’s three-part documentary series on Rupert Murdoch and his media empire gives an intimate view of ruling class power and the challenges to it, writes Tom Whittaker

The ruling class is debating whether or not it's worth saving the lives of those it can no longer exploit; this is barbarism, writes Kevin Ovenden

There’s everything to fight for as Covid-19 redraws the lines of class war in modern France, observes John Mullen

The government is trying to deflect blame from its failings by blaming ordinary people for the shortages, argues Katherine Connelly

The monarchy serves only to normalise inequality, so let Harry and Meghan go forth and shake it up, writes Sofie Mason

Lindsey German on privilege and democracy, state control, and standing up to the Jewish Board of Deputies

Lindsey German on the first broadcast debate, the super-rich, our ruling class, and Palestine

There is nothing for Labour to gain from putting the ‘national interest’ first and delaying a general election, argues Shabbir Lakha

Recent attacks on Corbyn are part of the British state's long history of undemining the left, writes Chris Nineham

Mike Davis punctures many myths about Marx and shows how important the history of working-class struggle remains for today, finds Dominic Alexander

There is no clear way out for May, and only one solution for the country - she has got to go

Profit and powerful interests are precipitating planetary disaster. Protests such as Saturday's in London must be developed into a mass movement to force political change, argues Feyzi Ismail

John Rees on how Brexit is an expression of a crisis for one set of establishment ideas

The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer isn’t a fact of life; it’s a set of politics that we can change, argues Lindsey German

Ruling elites use agendas and debates to maintain their control, exposing this cannot be dismissed as conspiracism, argues Des Freedman

This is the start of a new phase of the crisis, not the end of it, writes John Rees

Never mind austerity, feast on the joy that is a royal wedding and stop moaning, says Jonathan Maunders

Marx200: Why do working class people get swept up in the orchestrated, costly drama of a Royal wedding? The answer lies in Marx’s theory of alienation.

The establishment is losing control, but there is a way out for them, if the left lets its guard down, warns John Rees

Charity begins at the Playboy Club for our capitalist class, writes Lindsey German

The Trump administration is like a cross between the declining Roman Empire and a reality show that has gone wrong

Dunkirk 1940 has always been an ideological field day for our ruling class, Chris Bambery cuts through the fog of war

Both mainstream parties will continue their convulsive evolution in the coming year, writes Brian Heron

Tom Lock Griffiths locates a unique performance at the heart of Albert Serra’s study of aristocratic and corporeal decay

In the TV series SS-GB key figures from the British ruling class take part in the resistance against Nazi occupation. But, as Chris Bambery argues, this would have been an unlikely scenario

The preconditions of the Russian Revolution were hidden in plain sight, describes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Inappropriate use of the F-word misleads and disorientates at a time when clarity is key, warns Chris Nineham

Wall Street’s Think Tank shows that the Council on Foreign Relations is a pivotal institution for the US ruling class, finds Dominic Alexander

The rituals and secret-keeping of Britain’s privately educated elites are a cornerstone of Conservative Party unity