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Women’s work in the first civilisations
The work performed by women, particularly work in the household and in the health sector, has received much attention in feminist and left-wing debate in recent years.
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Systemic crisis further exposes inequalities: poor women’s Global struggle against hunger and pandemic
Without a doubt, the global pandemic of COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the economy and, consequently, on the population.
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Netflix launches a new collection of Palestinian movies
Pro-Israel groups have attacked the move because many of the directors support BDS.
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Record numbers of workers are quitting and striking
The seriousness of the situation was confirmed by the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing that a record 2.9 percent of the workforce quit their jobs in August, which is equivalent to 4.3 million resignations.
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A radical #greennewdeal is the only way to stop climate catastrophe – Jeremy Corbyn exclusive on #Cop26
When COP26 is held in Glasgow, the world will be watching to see if an international agreement is reached on the scale and speed of co-ordinated action that is needed to tackle the deepening climate catastrophe.
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If all refugees lived in one place, it would be the 17th most populous country in the world: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2021)
On 5 October, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a historic, non-legally binding resolution that ‘recognises the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right that is important for the enjoyment of human rights’.
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A Discussion with John Bellamy Foster – Presenting the 2021 transform! yearbook
A discussion with John Bellamy Foster, one of the world’s leading figures in Marxian ecological theory.
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Cinematic time and the accumulation of ecosocial crises
In his essay, researcher and filmmaker Alejandro Pedregal traces back to the early days of cinema. The new art form emerged during a capitalist era which had fundamentally altered our perception of time.
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‘Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity’
World Health Organization urges ‘rapid and ambitious action to halt and reverse the climate crisis’.
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A City Hall whodunit: what economic and political forces are responsible for climate change?
After a summer of record heat waves, droughts and forest fires, dangerous hurricanes and floods, and melting glaciers and permafrost, the scientific explanations for the climate crisis have gained wider support.
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Globalization and its big data: the historical record in financial markets
In the 19th Century, “hypothecations” provided investors with valuable information on sovereign fiscal resources.
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Why the climate movement needs the working class
The scale of the climate crisis has driven a new generation of radical young activists to demand “system change, not climate change”.
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Mike Healy: ‘Marx and Digital Machines: Alienation, Technology, Capitalism’
Healy’s exquisite book applies several recent frameworks of alienation to two groups of workers–IT workers and academics.
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How capitalism shackles the fight against climate change
Journalists from the U.S. and Europe have warned that the summer of 2021 should be a wakeup call on climate catastrophe. Rightfully so.
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How emerging markets hurt poor countries
Financial globalization was supposed to spur development. Instead, it transfers money to the global North and exacerbates existing inequalities.
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Cryptocurrency: a new and dangerous climate disruptor
The get-rich-quick scheme, banned in China and elsewhere, is invading U.S. communities unchecked, posing as an “equalizing, democratizing” currency. It’s not.
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Better late than never, but act now
The world should now be more aware of likely COVID-19 devastation unless urgently checked. Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced an US$8 billion plan to quickly vaccinate many more people to expedite ending the pandemic.
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Finance capital and the World Economy
THE period of neo-liberalism witnesses an increase in the share of economic surplus in total output both in individual countries and also for the world as a whole.
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“Race Norming” and Health Care Jim Crow
The term “race norming ” ought to be immediately suspected as having a nefarious intent. Anything referred to as norming in a racist society invariably ends with Black people getting the short end of the stick.
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What is imperialism?
Towards the common objectives of anti-imperialist struggle.