Economy

Adam Hanieh against background of US dollar bills

Adam Hanieh is a professor of Political Economy and Global Development, whose research focuses on capitalism and imperialism in the Middle East. 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes sat down with Hanieh to discuss the state of global imperialism today and the significance of Donald Trump鈥檚 presidency.

Trump and tariff list

Liberation Day, as April 2 was described by United States President Donald Trump, had all the elements of reality television perversion, writes Binoy Kampmark.

A new report found that an income of $130,000 a year is required to avoid rental stress, but Labor has no plan to address extortionate rents, argues Isaac Nellist.

Four speakers addressed a public forum organised by Australian Advocacy for Good Governance in Sri Lanka. Chris Slee reports.

Suzanne James argues that the Australian Greens鈥 bill to legalise cannabis for personal use needs to protect the right to home grow from the mega-industry monster it will inevitably create.

Labor鈥檚 own Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has again urged it to raise JobSeeker and other welfare payments ahead of the federal budget. Isaac Nellist 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

The claim by capitalist economists that growing the 鈥榚conomic pie鈥 is the only way out of the cost-of-living crisis is a bald-faced lie to make the billionaire class richer. Peter Boyle 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

Suzanne James asks Jenny Rolfe, a community backed Independent candidate for the NSW seat of Riverina, about the housing crisis, social and gender inequality, regional service access, the cost of living crisis and the latest tranche of anti-protest laws.

Donald Trump mural

United States President Donald Trump has implemented a whirlwind of attacks and changes that are shifting politics internationally. 91自拍论坛's Isaac Nellist spoke to US socialists Cyn Huang and Michaela Brangan about the devastating impacts of Trump鈥檚 second presidency and the challenges in building resistance to it.

student protest in Indonesia

Thousands of Indonesian students across the country are taking to the streets protesting the Prabowo Subianto administration, launching a new movement against the former military general鈥檚 program of 鈥渂udget efficiency鈥, reports聽Girard Mariano Lopez.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has launched a campaign to push back against supermarket giants and other large employer groups wanting to abolish penalty rates in the retail sector. Jim McIlroy reports.

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.