Capitalism

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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. 一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke to Jefferies about imperialism today and why the period of globalisation is coming to an end.

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In the second part of this interview with 一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes,聽veteran socialist activist聽Rasti Delizo accounts for the rise of new imperialist powers and outlines the faulty logic behind multipolarity.

Victorian Socialist Alliance members from Geelong and Melbourne branches discussed the context in which to advance progressive campaigns at SA鈥檚 Victorian conference.聽Elizabeth Bantas reports.

Rents must be frozen and the housing-price casino has to be shut down, starting with the tax rorts. Tax incentives should be available only for building new housing that adds to existing stock, argues Renfrey Clarke.

The stakes are high. 鈥淓cosocialism or extinction鈥 is not an empty phrase, Susan Price argues, when discussing capitalism and its rapacious drive for profit and how we聽win聽a democratic, ecologically sustainable, safe climate future.

Video of the talk by Mike Treen of Unite Union in Aotearoa/New Zealand at the Ecosocialism 2023 conference.

Ecosocialism 2023: A World Beyond Capitalism conference, hosted by 一品探花 and co-sponsored by Socialist Alliance, provided a platform for the voices of peace, justice and ecological sustainability聽from across the region. Sue Bull reports.

Japanese Marxist writer and academic Kohei Saito

Kohei Saito聽argues there are five important reasons why we need to move beyond capitalism to deal with the ecological and social crises besetting the world today. Peter Boyle reports.

An exciting new range of guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2023 conference in Naarm/Melbourne July 1-2 have been announced. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

The United States is hoping to stave off a general collapse of the currency system, writes Barry Sheppard. This threat gives the capitalist class extortion power to insist that the government bail out the big banks.

Is聽ChatGPT聽a challenge to humanity? For聽Aleks Wansbrough, ultimately, it is聽the product of human beings, reflecting and refracting current social relations.

Protester holds sign reading 'We are the grand children of the ancestors you couldn't kill'

In a recent address, Professor Thalia Anthony discussed colonisation through a Marxist framework, including the ongoing impacts on First Nations people in Alice Springs. Niko Leka reports.