Home ownership the “preserve of the rich” in Australia
In Sydney, Australia’s most populous city, households need to earn a staggering $261,733 annually for a mortgage on an average-priced home.
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Thanksgiving in America: End of pandemic social programs fuels rising hunger
A major driver in the rise of poverty is the end of pandemic emergency benefits, including expanded child tax credits and food stamps, as well as free school meals.
Trévon Austin•
Australian High Court decision sheds light on shocking housing conditions in Northern Territory
For years on end, under one government after another, the NT housing department refused to rectify critical faults such as the lack of a back door, no air-conditioning, water leaks, broken toilets and insect infestation.
Leith Smith•
Thanksgiving 2023
While hunger soars in US, Biden feasts at billionaire’s estate
The spectacle of the US president enjoying the hospitality provided by a super-rich hedge fund boss, while American workers struggle to make ends meet, underscores the class chasm in American society.
Patrick Martin•
Cordell Gascoigne•
Robert Stevens•
Kevin Reed•
Shannon Jones•
K. Ratnayake•
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May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism
This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.
Nick Beams•
Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: The end of the “New Elizabethan Age”
Her carefully cultivated public persona has allowed Elizabeth II to be deployed at times of heightened national crisis as an illusory but politically necessary embodiment of stability and permanence.
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The Uvalde massacre and the pathological violence of American life
The scale of the horror and the depth of the public reaction suggest that something of a “tipping point” has been reached.
David Walsh•
The US baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children
In the wealthiest country in the world, store shelves are empty and millions of families are now facing a desperate struggle to find essential nutrition products for their babies and toddlers.
Kevin Reed•
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Eric London•
Joseph Scalice•
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