In his new self-published e-book, long-time Australian ecoanarchist Ted Trainer argues for a Simpler Way, where people shift from competition to cooperation, individualism to collectivism, and acquisitiveness to gaining life satisfaction from non-material pursuits. Hans A Baer reviews.
Capitalism
Latin American leaders use COP27 in Egypt to highlight the global capitalist system as the cause of the climate crisis and demand that rich countries take meaningful action, reports Ben Radford.
The connection between the manufactured听debt crisis in the global South, the collapse of public health systems and the continuing disastrous financing and use of fossil fuels were discussed听 at Ecosocialim 2022. Chloe DS reports.
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Our seas听are being ravaged by exploitation for corporate profit, creating a social, economic and ecological crisis that threatens the very life support system of the Earth,听writes听Guy Standing.
William Briggs argues听the propaganda effort since the Queen's death听shows听how听the state has the power to evoke听a sense of unity between vastly different classes.
Capitalism is in crisis and new Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers has offered little by way of analysis and even less optimism, argues William Briggs.听
Workers are being told that a pay rise to match inflation will hurt the economy and 鈥渇uel鈥 inflation. William Briggs takes issue with those arguments.
听ABC鈥檚 Australian Story rehashed the billionaire philanthropy trope in its episode about听the second-richest person in Australia, Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest. Peter Boyle reports.
War and climate change are linked: one cannot be solved without solving the other, and neither can be resolved by capitalism. Because this is all too obvious, William Briggs听argues a lot of time and effort is spent on obscuring the truth.
Anastasia Shevchuk, a Ukrainian-Australian听gave this address to a Sydney Stop the War Coalition protest against Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine on March 6.
Major multinational corporations听such as Shell and BP听have made much of cutting ties with Russia. The publicity value听has been significant, but it has a hollow ring to it, argues听William Briggs.
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The mass media plays a big role in reinforcing听prejudices and limiting听capacity for independent thought, argues William Briggs. It is happy to condemn Russia's听war on Ukraine, as it should, but it downplays US and NATO's meddling and provocations.
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