Economy

More than 700 people gathered on the steps of WA parliament to demand that Labor ban fracking in the Kimberley. Sam Wainwright reports.

AUKUS makes it more, not less, likely for Australia to be involved in a United States war on China, but not because the government has had no say. Labor has chosen to be the US鈥 deputy sheriff, argues Pip Hinman.

Young children in a tent in the Global South

Foreign aid is commonly regarded as an altruistic contribution by countries in the Global North to countries in the Global South, with the aim of reducing poverty.聽However, while there are some exceptions, foreign aid today聽reinforces global inequalities by building on the economic and political structures created during the colonial era, argues Allen Jennings.

Donald Trump and Lisa Cook against a US flag

United States Federal Reserve Bank Governor Lisa Cook won a Federal Court ruling, allowing her to remain in her job while fighting President Donald Trump鈥檚 bid to sack her, reports Malik Miah.

Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe said a Treaty process that does not address the 鈥渃ontinuous theft of our land and destruction of our sacred sites undermines our very survival鈥. Kerry Smith reports.

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Kathmandu is on edge, not because of 鈥渁pps鈥, but because a generation raised on the promise of democracy and mobility has collided with an economy and political order that keep shutting every door, write聽Atul Chandra and Pramesh Pokharel.

woman cheers on protesters in Indonesia

Responding to the mass protests in Indonesia and the state鈥檚 heavy-handed repression, more than 250 local and international organisations and individuals have signed on to the following demands on the Indonesian government, reports Susan Price.

burning building protesters jolly roger flag

Rebecca Meckelburg looks at the growing discontent that led to聽mass protests across Indonesia.

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Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six important books on slavery, capitalist diseases, climate action, scientists resisting, economic planning and techno-fossils.

Maduro and queue outside Mercal 2014

Salvador De Le贸n is a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers鈥 Committee in Venezuela. In the second of our two-part interview, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes speaks to De Le贸n about the situation facing Venezuelan workers and trade unions.聽

US China flags book cover

In the second part of our interview, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes聽speaks to聽author William Jefferies聽about the growing confrontation between the United States and China.

As developers hoover up public housing and the rental market boils dry, housing insecurity has become the new normal. But is the latest cheap home loan, high density model proposed by the YIMBY movement really the answer? Suzanne James investigates.