Economy

Venezuela flag, US capitol, child's face

Andre铆na Ch谩vez Alava writes that while it is not possible to fully grasp the damage caused by United States sanctions against the Venezuelan people, all the evidence points to one simple truth: sanctions kill and will continue to do so.

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Critical theorist, feminist and author Nancy Fraser continues her conversation with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes, focussing on the role of expropriation and transnationals in modern imperialism, and the challenges facing anti-imperialists and anti-capitalists.

Ammar Ali Jan speaking

Federico Fuentes spoke to Pakistani socialist Ammar Ali Jan of the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (People鈥檚 Rights Party) about the volatile situation facing the country after the recent elections. Ammar will speak at Ecosocialism 2024, in Boorloo/Perth, June 28鈥30.

two workers at a protest

A coordinated string of political strikes brought Finland to a standstill from February 12鈥16, when more than 130,000 workers took rolling strike action in response to an array of neoliberal reforms proposed by conservative prime minister Petteri Orpo鈥檚 National Coalition government, reports Clive Tillman.

Wealth will trickle down from the super rich to ordinary people 'when pigs fly'

鈥淭ax reforms鈥 have stacked the tax system in favour of the rich, while making ordinary workers pay more, argues聽Peter Boyle.

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Nancy Fraser is the author of, among other works, Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet 鈥 and What We Can Do About It. She spoke with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes about the need to incorporate natural wealth and care work within our understanding of modern imperialism.

The war on wages, Assange's final appeal & French farmers take action

麻豆传媒听箩辞耻谤苍补濒颈蝉迟听Isaac Nellist goes through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.

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As the Reserve Bank of Australia and聽Labor and the Coalition continue to supress wages, living costs continue to rise. Peter Boyle reports.

Labor聽is only offering a milder version of the same wrong tax policy, while聽tossing a few peanuts to the working class, argues Peter Boyle.

Jubilee Lake Holiday Park has been run by a cooperative since 2011.

Putting holiday destinations under community control could create low-cost alternatives for working people suffering under the cost-of-living crisis. Rachel Evans 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

Man holding big bag of money

Despite their ballooning wealth, the corporate rich are using their power to demand more tax breaks聽and protect their industrial-scale tax dodging. Peter Boyle reports.

Container ship and port

Pedro Fuentes, a leader of the Socialist Left Movement (MES), a tendency within Brazil鈥檚 Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) speaks to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes about imperialism鈥檚 new phase, ecological crisis and international solidarity.