Labor/Economics

Examines US labor leaders’ support for the Zionist movement for over 100 years, and the growing resistance inside the trade union movement to such.

But capital doesn’t care about prices. It cares about profits. Fossil fuels are around three times more profitable than renewables. This is because renewables have a low barrier to entry and are highly competitive (driving prices down), while fossil fuels are more conducive to market control and monopoly pricing.

Conventional wisdom holds that for resource-dependent economies, climate action is a matter of economic survival, while for developing economies, it offers a pathway to sustainable growth and development. But many economies fall into both categories – developing and resource-dependent – compounding the challenge of designing and implementing effective climate strategies. While a comprehensive strategy for building climate resilience is essential to strengthening developing economies’ ability to withstand shocks, resilience and adaptation must go hand in hand. For vulnerable countries, this may involve reinforcing infrastructure to protect against flooding, investing in drought-resistant crops, and diversifying income sources to reduce dependence on climate-sensitive sectors.

A critical review of a 2024 book that examines the current state of the US trade union movement.

Dockworkers in Italy secure victory as shipping companies announce return of Israeli-bound weapons cargo to its point of origin.

Review of Eric Blanc’s 2025 book ‘We Are the Union’ by long-time labor activist Kim Scipes.

The workers’ demands include higher wages, halting privatisation of state-run companies, withdrawal of new labour laws and filling vacancies in the government sector.  The farmers’ groups also want the government to increase the minimum purchase price for crops such as wheat and rice.Journalists in the eastern city of Kolkata reported protestors walking in a rally at a local railway station, some shouting slogans against the government and burning an effigy of Mr Modi.

Since its 1804 revolution, Haiti has been punished for its freedom – crippled with debt, coups, and foreign meddling – but we must never forget that it was the first successful anti-imperialist revolution.