Economy

Esteban Mercatante book cover and cleared land

麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke to聽Argentine Marxist Esteban Mercatante聽about his new book,聽Fiery red: Communist reflections on the ecological crisis.

Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva

United States President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, in protest against what he described as a 鈥淲itch Hunt鈥 against former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, reports Federico Fuentes.

protesters with flags in Panama

麻豆传媒鈥檚 Ben Radford聽sat down with Jos茅 Cambra, an executive committee member of the Panama Teachers鈥 Association,聽about the country-wide strike and the government鈥檚 heavy-handed response.

book cover against background of tech devices and suburban sprawl

Abundance has been attracting attention and debate among mainstream economists and politicians.聽But the book directs its sights towards planning regulations as the obstacle to abundance, not to the real blockages imposed by vested interests, argues Michael Roberts.

protesters with Trump in the background

United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 so-called 鈥淏ig Beautiful Bill鈥 represents one of the biggest transfers of wealth from workers and the poor to the billionaire class in US history, reports Malik Miah.

Making profit the purpose of the childcare industry means that it will always be dangerous, argues former childcare worker聽Adam Bremner.

Ecosocialism 2025 organisers are excited to announce that the conference will host the biggest delegation of Asia-Pacific activists to the conference since 2019. But we need your help. Fred Fuentes reports.

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麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes聽speaks with聽Marxist sociologist Kevin B Anderson, whose new book聽delves into Karl Marx鈥檚 final writings to unearth key ideas of critical importance for socialists today.

factory workers in China

Serhii Shlyapnikov speaks to political scientist and author聽Manfred Elfstrom,聽whose research focuses on labour protests in China.

The Ecosocialism 2025 agenda has been updated with new international and local speakers and sessions. Fred Fuentes, a conference organiser, reports.

book cover against background of feudal illustration

In his latest book, Yanis Varoufakis, economist and former Greek finance minister in the leftist SYRIZA government, argues that with the advent of the internet and related technologies, we have now entered an era beyond capitalism technofeudalism. But is this really the case, asks Neville Spencer.

NSW Labor鈥檚 2025-26 budge hands subsidies to developers and other private businesses but largely ignores the welfare of workers and the poor. Jim McIlroy reports.