Sean Ledwith is a Counterfire member and Lecturer in History at York College, where he is also UCU branch negotiator. Sean is also a regular contributor to Marx and Philosophy Review of Books and Culture Matters
Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared that the BRICS cooperation mechanism has become the world’s most influential platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries, positioning the grouping at the centre
by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The BRICS New Delhi Declaration is less a routine summit communiqué than a broad statement of intent about how its members believe the international system should function. Across 140 paragraphs, the expanded grouping calls
Twenty‑five years ago, the United States endured one of the darkest days in its history. On September 11, 2001, al‑Qaeda terrorists led by Osama
by Our Correspondent in Colombo A prominent Chinese economist has called for a substantially expanded economic and commercial relationship between China and Sri Lanka,
In 1861, Karl Marx made one of his rare post-exile visits to his native Germany. While there, he renewed an acquaintance with Friedrich Köppen, one of his student friends from the days
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