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A retiree rallies calling for higher pensions and against au
Features / 1 April 2025
1 April 2025
After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
A rally demanding changes to the Trump administration’s re
Features / 13 December 2024
13 December 2024
Global South governments’ sovereignty and ability to decide future economic policy are severely compromised by signing free trade agreements, whose terms are heavily weighted in favour of the already wealthy countries of the global North, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks before President-e
Features / 21 November 2024
21 November 2024
BERT SCHOUWENBURG details how the libertarian, radical-right president’s shock doctrine has pushed millions into poverty while dismantling the state and aligning with US imperialism and Israeli slaughter
Argentinian President Javier Milei
Features / 26 June 2024
26 June 2024
The last six months have seen the self-styled ‘libertarian capitalist’ bulldoze workers’ rights and national sovereignty, as his crazed shock-doctrine economic reforms face growing resistance on the streets, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
AI chip
Features / 12 April 2024
12 April 2024
As AI advances, the case for universal basic income gains traction, challenging traditional notions of labour organising while offering a viable solution to the decline in the need for work and workers, argues BERT SCHOUWENBURG
GDP v workers
Features / 4 March 2024
4 March 2024
It’s not some question of being realistic yet effective over being compassionate but economically incompetent: there is absolutely no material basis to continue to measure societies by their GDP, explains BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Javier Milei speaks after his victory over Sergio Massa, Eco
Features / 21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Riding to power on a wave of anger at the dire state of the economy, the ranting extremist is no true rebel — he plans to radically enforce the same neoliberalism that has failed before, explains BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on stage speaking during the
Features / 23 October 2023
23 October 2023
The awful events in the Middle East have shown Starmer and his acolytes in their true colours – and it is not a pretty sight, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG
EU shortages
Features / 13 April 2023
13 April 2023
Amid shortages of certain foodstuffs, voices have been raised that a return to the EU might be desirable. BERT SCHOUWENBURG warns that the policies of the European suprastate are no panacea for Britain’s problems
Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gre
Features / 16 December 2022
16 December 2022
Despite widespread condemnation of Fernandez de Kirchner's conviction from progressive leaders across Latin America, popular protest has been muted in the country itself – is this the start of dark times for Argentina, asks BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Whose football?:  Borussia Dortmund players celebrate with f
Sport / 28 October 2022
28 October 2022
Capitalism has ruined the beautiful game. The solution is fan ownership, and the left should be campaigning for it, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG
war against nature
Features / 30 August 2022
30 August 2022
A new UN report confirms that global shortages are not simply a result of the war between two major grain producers, but due to the long-standing agribusiness practices of hoarding, speculation and profiteering, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG