Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso's neoliberal economic policies and proposals are facing determined opposition from diverse social sectors, Harvey Goldberg reports.
Economy
Chris Slee reviews Red Roulette, which gives an insight into the corruption that accompanied the process of capitalist restoration in China.
Residents of Inner West Council face growing threats to their public assets, particularly since theforced merger of the three previous councils. Bernadette Smithexplainswhat's at stake.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison made Australia even more of a climate pariah at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, argues Sarah Hathway.
Climate expert, Australian National University emeritus professor and Climate Council memberWill Steffenspeaks to 鶹ýabout climate science and politics in the lead up to the COP26 United Nationsclimate summitin Glasgow.
Students and staff are campaigningagainst the University of Sydney’s plans to move the Gender and Cultural StudiesDepartment into the School of Social and Political Sciences. Elliott Guerrero reports.
Bernard Collaery will be allowedto make public certain information in his trial. While he should not have to face a trialat all for helping his client, Witness K, this is a positive step, writes Jim McIlroy.
Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, warns that unless the federal governmentrestrains its pandemic spending,the country will end up like Sri Lanka.Michael Cooke ԻLionel Bopage argue that this isneoliberal nonsense.
In response to the plan to rapidly phase out the disaster payment,the Australian Council of Social Service saidthe JobSeeker rate needs to be liftedto $80 a day.Arie Huybregts reports.
Gladys Berejiklian, the soon-to-be-former premier of New South Wales,has been a major player in the Liberal-National Party's sell-off of public assets to corporate mates. Andrew Chuter reports.
Neoliberal austerity, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has provided fertile ground for the rise of the far-rightin Canada'srecent federal election, reports Jeff Shantz.
The big shift in wealth from non-owners of residential property to owners continues.Renfrey Clarke arguesthe federal government’s efforts to inflate its way out of the COVID-19 economic slump have made upward pressures on housing prices extreme.
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