Capitalist crisis Oxfam identifies inequalities in shocking detail, but provides no solution Price-gouging is a real monopoly practice. But is it really at the root of the global economic crisis?
Capitalist crisis Oxfam identifies inequalities in shocking detail, but provides no solution Price-gouging is a real monopoly practice. But is it really at the root of the global economic crisis?
Russia What is happening in the Russian economy? Enforced separation from the world market has reinforced moves back towards nationalisation and planning.
Russia What is happening in the Russian economy? Enforced separation from the world market has reinforced moves back towards nationalisation and planning.
Health Capitalist contradictions abound: Victorian illnesses on the rise How can we explain the seemingly absurd combination of British workers’ failing health from malnutrition alongside rising obesity?
Health Capitalist contradictions abound: Victorian illnesses on the rise How can we explain the seemingly absurd combination of British workers’ failing health from malnutrition alongside rising obesity?
Yemen Yemen’s quest for self-determination continues unabated Despite conditions of siege and war, the Yemeni people are finding ways to lay the foundations of a diversified and more self-sufficient economy.
Yemen Yemen’s quest for self-determination continues unabated Despite conditions of siege and war, the Yemeni people are finding ways to lay the foundations of a diversified and more self-sufficient economy.
Brazil Can Lula get Brazil back on track? Much has changed since Lula’s first presidency. While the economic situation is far more difficult, international shifts could work in the country’s favour.
Brazil Can Lula get Brazil back on track? Much has changed since Lula’s first presidency. While the economic situation is far more difficult, international shifts could work in the country’s favour.
Netherlands The Dutch farmers’ militant struggle How can the needs of the people to eat and their need to live in a clean and stable environment both be met?
Netherlands The Dutch farmers’ militant struggle How can the needs of the people to eat and their need to live in a clean and stable environment both be met?
Social wage Food bank Britain British families are relying on charity to eat as the market and the government both fail to provide even such a basic necessity as food.
Social wage Food bank Britain British families are relying on charity to eat as the market and the government both fail to provide even such a basic necessity as food.
Theory Food and decolonisation How is it that war in Europe should threaten people in Africa and the middle east with starvation?
Theory Food and decolonisation How is it that war in Europe should threaten people in Africa and the middle east with starvation?
Pay and conditions Sainsbury’s CEO in the money as workers feel the pinch As conditions for the mass of workers get rapidly worse, the obscene inequalities of the system come into ever-sharper relief.
Pay and conditions Sainsbury’s CEO in the money as workers feel the pinch As conditions for the mass of workers get rapidly worse, the obscene inequalities of the system come into ever-sharper relief.
Capitalist crisis Cost of living crisis worsens as inflation and energy prices soar Our rulers are keen to blame ‘the Russians’ for the intrinsic failings of the capitalist system itself.
Capitalist crisis Cost of living crisis worsens as inflation and energy prices soar Our rulers are keen to blame ‘the Russians’ for the intrinsic failings of the capitalist system itself.
USSR Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Soviet farming – revolution in the countryside The question that faces small farmers everywhere remains: collectivisation via bankruptcy and agribusiness takeover or collectivisation via socialist farming?
USSR Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Soviet farming – revolution in the countryside The question that faces small farmers everywhere remains: collectivisation via bankruptcy and agribusiness takeover or collectivisation via socialist farming?
India The Indian farmers’ magnificent victory What lessons can workers everywhere learn from this historic struggle, and how is a decent future to be secured for India’s small farmers?
India The Indian farmers’ magnificent victory What lessons can workers everywhere learn from this historic struggle, and how is a decent future to be secured for India’s small farmers?
World TV Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: The Indian farmers’ movement What can workers in the west learn from the titanic struggle and seismic victory of India’s farmers?
World TV Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: The Indian farmers’ movement What can workers in the west learn from the titanic struggle and seismic victory of India’s farmers?
USA US state revokes child protection laws instead of creating decent jobs for adults Wisconsin is planning to patch up the cracks in its faltering economy by getting children to work longer and later.
USA US state revokes child protection laws instead of creating decent jobs for adults Wisconsin is planning to patch up the cracks in its faltering economy by getting children to work longer and later.
Economy Gas prices go through the roof as global shortage ties supply lines in knots Millions of families will again be forced to choose between heating and eating this winter.
Economy Gas prices go through the roof as global shortage ties supply lines in knots Millions of families will again be forced to choose between heating and eating this winter.
Ethiopia What is behind the war in Tigray? One thing stands out clearly from the last few decades of privatisation and war: capitalism is not working in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia What is behind the war in Tigray? One thing stands out clearly from the last few decades of privatisation and war: capitalism is not working in Ethiopia.
Health Nutrition is a human right: we must demand decent food for all Corporate-funded ‘nutrition’ studies are a perfect example of how the profit motive perverts the course of scientific enquiry.
Health Nutrition is a human right: we must demand decent food for all Corporate-funded ‘nutrition’ studies are a perfect example of how the profit motive perverts the course of scientific enquiry.
India The global aspect of India’s farmer protests Exposing India’s food producers to untrammelled force of the market will raise food prices and put farmers at the mercy of agribusiness corporations.
India The global aspect of India’s farmer protests Exposing India’s food producers to untrammelled force of the market will raise food prices and put farmers at the mercy of agribusiness corporations.
India The largest strike the world has ever seen is taking place now in India But you wouldn’t know it from Britain’s corporate media and Labour-affiliated trade union leaderships.
India The largest strike the world has ever seen is taking place now in India But you wouldn’t know it from Britain’s corporate media and Labour-affiliated trade union leaderships.
Environment Glyphosates: Monsanto still getting away with murder The 40-year Roundup saga is a prime example of how science is corrupted in the pursuit of profit in capitalist society.
Environment Glyphosates: Monsanto still getting away with murder The 40-year Roundup saga is a prime example of how science is corrupted in the pursuit of profit in capitalist society.
Environment Bayer AG forced to pay over $10bn to settle cancer claims A US court has unexpectedly agreed that Roundup does indeed cause cancer – and awarded unprecedented damages to victims.
Environment Bayer AG forced to pay over $10bn to settle cancer claims A US court has unexpectedly agreed that Roundup does indeed cause cancer – and awarded unprecedented damages to victims.
Health We are not battery hens: covid outbreaks in the meat packing industry Why are so many workers in the meat processing industry succumbing to the coronavirus?
Health We are not battery hens: covid outbreaks in the meat packing industry Why are so many workers in the meat processing industry succumbing to the coronavirus?
Economy British trade agreements after Brexit By pinning all their hopes for Britain’s future on a US trade deal, our rulers are taking us out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Economy British trade agreements after Brexit By pinning all their hopes for Britain’s future on a US trade deal, our rulers are taking us out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Social wage Hunger rising sharply as covid-19 lockdown combines with economic crash Why are we witnessing the obscene sight of workers going hungry in the midst of plenty?
Social wage Hunger rising sharply as covid-19 lockdown combines with economic crash Why are we witnessing the obscene sight of workers going hungry in the midst of plenty?
Ethiopia Flowers and famine While Ethiopian crops fail and people starve owing to ‘drought’, thousands of tonnes of water-hungry flowers are being grown for export.
Ethiopia Flowers and famine While Ethiopian crops fail and people starve owing to ‘drought’, thousands of tonnes of water-hungry flowers are being grown for export.
Economy Can the food crisis be solved? More than enough food is produced to feed the the whole of humanity, yet millions suffer from a chronic shortage of food. What is causing this contradiction?
Economy Can the food crisis be solved? More than enough food is produced to feed the the whole of humanity, yet millions suffer from a chronic shortage of food. What is causing this contradiction?
Society Hunger on the rise in Britain, despite economic ‘recovery’ In-work poverty testifies as to who really paid to bail out the banks in 2008. And while hunger is on the rise, one-third of food produced every year is wasted.
Society Hunger on the rise in Britain, despite economic ‘recovery’ In-work poverty testifies as to who really paid to bail out the banks in 2008. And while hunger is on the rise, one-third of food produced every year is wasted.
