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 manufactureddebt crisis in the global South, the collapse of public health systems and the continuing disastrous financing and use of fossil fuels were discussed at Ecosocialim 2022. Chloe DS reports.
Our seasare being ravaged by exploitation for corporate profit, creating a social, economic and ecological crisis that threatens the very life support system of the Earth,writesGuy Standing.
William Briggs arguesthe propaganda effort since the Queen's deathshowshowthe state has the power to evokea 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.
Workers are being told that a pay rise to match inflation will hurt the economy and “fuel” inflation. William Briggs takes issue with those arguments.
ABC’s Australian Story rehashed the billionaire philanthropy trope in its episode aboutthe 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 Briggsargues a lot of time and effort is spent on obscuring the truth.
Anastasia Shevchuk, a Ukrainian-Australiangave this address to a Sydney Stop the War Coalition protest against Russia’s war on Ukraine on March 6.
Major multinational corporationssuch as Shell and BPhave made much of cutting ties with Russia. The publicity valuehas been significant, but it has a hollow ring to it, arguesWilliam Briggs.
The mass media plays a big role in reinforcingprejudices and limitingcapacity for independent thought, argues William Briggs. It is happy to condemn Russia'swar on Ukraine, as it should, but it downplays US and NATO's meddling and provocations.
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