Some 57 UK troops were wounded in action in the first two weeks of July the highest rate since the mission began.

Not long ago I attended a lefty event where one of the speakers, an excellent socialist blogger, did not know who Alexandra Kollontai was. I was quite, quite shocked. However, other than demonstrating exactly how weird I am to be surprised by someone not knowing an obscure revolutionary it probably doesn't say very much. But it did put me in mind of the contribution of various revolutionary women ...

If the point of yesterday's "rescue" was to ease liquidity in the banking sector, it has not had any discernible effect on the all-important Libor (London inter-bank offered rate). According to Bloomberg, the Libor dollar rate has jumped to the highest level in the year and the credit is staying frozen. The rate for three-month loans rose to 4.75 percent, the highest level since 28 December a...

This is from my ecosocialist comrade Ian Angus,  September 9, 2008, Celia’s death is a big loss to the ecosocialist movement and the revolutionary left in general….there is a page of links to her essays and other material from Walter Lippman here The final essay written by Cuban revolutionary socialist (1962-2008)  On September 9, 2008, supporters of the Cuban

Well Cllr Davies it is your Labour government who should apologise. 1) The Iraq war, 2) The deaths of thousands of service personnel and civilians, 3) Highest child poverty in the Western world, 4) Highest pensioner poverty in the Western world, 5) For the closing of local post offices, 6) For encouraging councils and charities to invest any large amount of money in any high interest rate banks. Y...

Alan Thornett reports from the sixteenth world congress of the Fourth International (FI) which was held in Ostend Belgium in late February. There were over 200 delegates, observers and invited guests from around 40 countries. The International brings together revolutionary socialists from around the world and Socialist Resistance is its section in the British state. It

Britain would have a higher levy than anywhere in the western world, if the capital gains tax rate were to move up to 40 per cent.

The rate of men diagnosed with cancer in Wales is the highest in the UK, official figures show.

If the government continues borrowing at the rate it is at the moment, it will be putting itself in the red to the tune of £100 billion a year. This will be highest rate of borrowing since 1946. Iain Dale has more detail HERE.

UK inflation jumped to 3.7% in December, its highest rate for eight months, increasing pressure for an interest rate rise.