Economy

cars at a port

In the second part of our interview, 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke to Canadian socialist activist and author Sam Gindin about the impact of United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff war on workers, and how they can respond.

The second-term Anthony Albanese government has no excuse not to raise welfare payments in a cost-of-living and housing crisis, argues Pip Hinman.听

Amid the biggest聽housing crisis聽in Australia鈥檚 history and public housing being sold off, the most vulnerable聽public housing tenants say they are now even more isolated. Suzanne James reports.

US dollar bills

In the first part of our interview, Canadian socialist activist and author Sam Gindin discusses the impacts of United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff war on global capitalism with 91自拍论坛鈥檚听Federico Fuentes.

Uncle Sam and Latin America

Indignation and resistance to United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 bullying, deportations and economic reprisals are spreading across Latin America, writes Steve Ellner.

Environmentalists say the toxic practices of industrial-scale fish farms damage Tasmania鈥檚 reputation as 鈥渃lean and green鈥. Philippa Skinner reports.

Trade unions have led the fight for peace since the fight against conscription in World War I. Steve O鈥橞rien argues that we need to resist attacks on the trade union movement, because it will stymie the peace movement.听

woman standing in front of a stall

Latin America is in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis, characterised by rising costs and falling real wages, reports Ben Radford.

Protesters with banners

Workers in Peru鈥檚 Lima and Callao regions went on strike in protest over the Dina Boluarte government鈥檚 failure to combat rising violence and insecurity, reports Ben Radford.

United States President Donald Trump has tried to justify his tariff war on the world on the basis that the US has been聽鈥渓ooted, pillaged, raped and plundered鈥. Peter Boyle聽argues that this is an inversion of reality.

Peter Dutton鈥檚听new policy to force gas companies to increase supply to the domestic market merely appears to聽stand up to聽the gas corporations. Alex Bainbridge聽argues it does the opposite.

Donald Trump graph pointing downwards

In this interview with Federico Fuentes, Marxist economist Michael Roberts explains the recent raft of tariffs announced by United States President Donald Trump and how they fit into Trump鈥檚 broader project to reassert US global hegemony.