You know something is afoot, says Fifth Estate when such middle-of-the-road institutions such as the BBC begin to mention the word that they so often dare not mention … capitalism!

Pundits may try to pin the blame for the banking crisis on a few bad apples but in fact, says SchNEWS, all the markets were doing is what they are supposed to do – chasing after the largest amount of profit in a single-minded ruthless way.

While lauding the initiative for action, SchNEWS is doubtful that Transition Towns can bring about effective change. Cooperation with existing power structures will only ever lead to partial change, they argue, and anyway speaks mainly to people who want things more or less as they are, only slightly greener.

The current economic crisis is being exploited in order to extend the neoliberal dogma that created it. It is now crucial, writes David Wearing, for the Left to engage in and win the battle of ideas to prevent this from happening.

Rowan Williams takes a different stand to Marx, but they share one unshakeable conviction: that capitalism tends towards evil.

The Morning Star describe how the collapse of holiday giant XL Leisure Group is an example of the amoral chaos of market capitalism, providing good reason for social ownership of banks and big businesses generally.

Eva Jasiewicz and George Monbiot debate the role of the state in countering climate change.

It’s not a matter of race or class, says Jonathan Rutherford. Our economic structure is to blame for the lack of real fathers

Global economic turmoil has led to food riots abroad and spiralling inflation in Britain. Michael Bradley and Judith Orr report on the growing resentment towards the crisis-ridden Labour government.

Nick Beams reports on the lack of co-ordinated policies from the world’s major national governments at the G8 summit

Faced with a Labour government which is resolutely set on ensconcing itself as a centre right nationalist party, it is time for the left to start making new connections, argues Michael Prior. Exlusively available online at ukwatch.net.

Gordon Parsons gets to grips with the history of humanity from a Marxist viewpoint, taking in the Stone Age to the new millenium.

What lies behind the recent spate of teenage killings? The Independent Working Class Association suggests that economic inequality and an ‘emotionally pathologising version of neo-liberalism’ are to blame.

Ron Jacobs looks back at the Thatcher era through the prism of David Peace’s novel GB84

The last three decades have seen a new type of capitalism, characterised by the pursuit of insecurity and a fragmentation of the institution of work. A new socialist politics can only be successful if it recognises the interdependence of individuals argues Jonathan Rutherford .

Jim Mortimer analyses the growth and consequences of inequality.

Militant secularists are becoming apologists for capitalism and war, but the struggle is within faiths, not against them, argues Seamus Milne.

Every time economic crises develop they are described as aberrations in an otherwise rational and balanced system. Chris Harman looks at the roots and implications of the recent credit crunch, and explains why crises are in fact an intrinsic feature of capitalism.

The “nationalisation” of Northern Rock is a mere stop-gap measure, falling far short of real socialisation – but it does have the potential to start giving people funny ideas, writes Richard Seymour.

Many people are furious at the Labour Party, yet still see no alternative but to support it at elections. Sadie Robinson looks at why this loyalty persists – and how it can be overcome.