Economy

Maduro, flag, supermarket shelves

Salvador De León — a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee in Venezuela — spoke to Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about the Nicolás Maduro government’s economic policies.

US flag book cover

William Jefferies is Senior Lecturer at SOAS University of London and author of the recently published War and the World Economy: Trade, Tech and Military Conflicts in a De-globalising World. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Jefferies about imperialism today and why the period of globalisation is coming to an end.

Calendar showing 4-day workweek

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has urged a national move towards a four-day workweek, in a proposal put to the federal Labor government’s Economic Reform Roundtable. Jim McIlroy reports.

Tasmanian unions’ bargaining power has dramatically weakened since the 1970s, writes Solomon Doyle, because of the changing nature of traditionally union-strong industries and the impact of anti-worker laws.

Labor will set a new 2035 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to take to the United Nations climate summit in November. Peter Boyle argues that as the world’s third-largest fossil fuel exporter, it needs to be much higher than what is being touted. 

Boffins, bosses and the ACTU will discuss making the economy more “productive” in the upcoming Economic Reform Roundtable, but their main aim will be to find ways to protect the wealth of those who already have it. Graham Matthews reports.

National Anti-Fascist and Anti-Racist Pride March

Despite severe repression, Argentines are defiantly resisting far-right President Javier Milei’s attacks on women, LGBTIQ people and pensioners, writes Camila Parodi.

An Australian Council of Trade Unions commissioned a national poll of workers, which concluded that management capability puts the brakes on productivity. Kerry Smith reports.

In less than a week, more than 500,000 people have joined in the formation of a new left party after it was announced by former Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. Jonathan Strauss reports.

Teachers’ protest encampment in Mexico City’s Zócalo plaza.

Education workers in Mexico are leading a renewed struggle to reclaim public retirement systems from global finance, writes Isabel Villalón.

Organisers are pleased to announce that Ecosocialism 2025 — with the theme “Ecosocialism not Barbarism” — will for the first time feature in-person speakers from the United States and Latin America. Fred Fuentes reports.

British map of North American colonies in 1639

In the first part of this interview with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes, veteran Filipino socialist activist Rasti Delizo discusses the ongoing relevance of Vladimir Lenin’s concept of imperialism.