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.
Capitalism
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 91自拍论坛 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.
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.
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.
The Treasurer鈥檚 鈥渧alues-based capitalism鈥 looks like it will include cuts to public spending, greater private investment, cuts to services and greater upfront costs, argues聽Graham Matthews.听
It鈥檚 one thing to be displaced by a hurricane. It鈥檚 entirely another matter when real estate developers and US investors take advantage of the archipelago鈥檚 disaster for profit, writes Lola Rosario.听
Marxist economist Michael Roberts reviews Kohei Saito's forthcoming book.
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