Decline of U.S. capitalist system is causing growing desperation
The following from Richard D. Wolff and published by Economy for All (23 April 2021). Economy for All is associated with the (Independent Media Institute)…
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Shell to be allowed to avoid resource tax obligations
Contributed from Victoria At a time when Australia’s addiction to fossil fuels should be wound back, fossil fuel extractors keep on enjoying perks that rank…
G20 nations agree to act on emerging new debt crisis
Contributed by Joe Montero Finance ministers of the world’s largest economies known as the G20, came together on 7 April. They did so to talk…
Big business and Morrison government want the minimum wage frozen
Contributed by Joe Montero In its submission to the current minimum wage case, Australian Chamber of Commerce (ACCI) and Industry has put that Australia cannot…
Joe Biden’s stimulus package is not enough on its own
Contributed by Joe Montero Joe Biden’s big stimulus package for the United States is extensive and contains within it Many good initiatives. More than 3000…
Four-day working week to be tried in Spain
Contributed by Ben Wilson Spain is to pilot a four-day or thirty-two hour working week without loss of pay. This is likely to involve around…
JobSeeker and JobKeeper end today to open the door to neoliberalism on a new level
Contributed by Joe Montero The JobSeeker payment supplement has come to an end. Longer term unemployed, those now out of a job because of Covid-19,…
Something is seriously wrong with the global economy
Contributed by Joe Montero If we believe the political hype, the world is bouncing back nicely from the Covid-19 disaster, and this includes Australia. Unemployment…
Big business rorted JobKeeper and others are expected to go without enough to live on
Contributed by Jim Hayes The proof is there. Ever since the introduction of JobKeeper last year, there had been allegations that the system was being…
Forcing job seekers to move is just bad policy
Greg Jericho shows (The Guardian 11 March 2021), how the claim made by Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the unemployed refusing to take on rural…
