The Nicolás Maduro government created such a disaster for workers’ living conditions that large segments of the population see his departure as the only chance for change, writes Luís Bonilla-Molina.
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Jaime López García, president of the National Union of Coal Industry Workers, speaks to Green Left’s Ben Radford about how workers are responding to Colombia’s declining coal industry and bringing forward demands for a just transition for coal workers and their communities.
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Colombian coal workers against genocide: An interview with Sintracarbón President Jaime López García
Jaime López García, president of the National Union of Coal Industry Workers in Colombia, speaks to Green Left’s Ben Radford about coal workers’ solidarity with Palestinians and the role of workers in upholding human rights.
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Oil executives are jumping at the opportunity United States President Donald Trump is providing for them to not only steal Venezuelan oil but to shake up the “legal and commercial constructs and frameworks in place”. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Socialist Alliance senate candidate Sam Wainwright talks to the Green Left Show about the campaign to challenge the big mining companies and to “take back the wealth”.
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Duncan Roden argues that the campaign for secure, low-cost and quality housing is not just about negotiating some technical details, it’s a political fight about the need for genuine democracy.
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As society becomes more reliant on digital technology, governments must ensure that the huge amount of energy and water that data centres need does not come at the expense of water resources and a safe climate. Olivia lurincich and Isaac Nellist report.
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The prime minister’s claimed concern for those impacted by the climate emergency rings hollow while he backs the fossil fuel industry, argues Ben Radford.
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Isaac Nellist argues that Labor’s refusal to tackle the growing divide between the haves and have-nots has paved the way for One Nation’s popularist non-solutions to the cost-of-living and housing crises.
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The master-apprentice model has been in decline for at least two centuries because the structure of work has changed. John Quiggin argues for a rethink, beyond nostalgia.
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Private generators regularly game the national electricity market to drive up wholesale prices, writes Max Chandler-Mather, and it’s time for a rethink on essential services like energy and childcare.
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Blanca Missé is an associate professor at San Francisco State University, a Workers’ Voice member, and active with the Ukraine Solidarity Network and the Labor for Palestine National Network. In part two of our interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Missé about the need to confront all imperialisms with a class-based internationalism.