With turnout plummeting and faith in Parliament collapsing, BERT SCHOUWENBURG explains how radical local government reform — including devolved taxation and removal of party politics from town halls — could restore power to communities currently ignored by profit-obsessed MPs
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Capitalism has ruined the beautiful game. The solution is fan ownership, and the left should be campaigning for it, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG
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
The underlying structural problems of the republic’s economy are rooted in a neocolonial and neoliberal world order, argues BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Bert Schouwenburg explores the ‘ultimate political football for global elites’ ahead of the World Cup, and suggests what can be done about it
Unions cannot afford to allow the climate change debate to become one of saving jobs versus saving the environment – they are not mutually exclusive, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
As the largest stateless ethnic group in the world, the Kurds deserve our support — that means opposing their persecution in Turkey and securing the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
BERT SCHOUWENBURG reveals the iniquitous institution of Investor State Dispute Settlements by which rich corporations sue the developing world for the 'loss of profits' they have not even made yet
Opened in 1978, the landmark worker-owned co-op and leftist hub has sadly been forced to close its doors, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
What to make of the concept loved and loathed in equal measure by left and right? After the coronavirus it is time to take a less ideological and more realistic approach to UBI, argues BERT SCHOUWENBURG
The pandemic has laid bare the failings of a global order based on exploitation, land theft and greed, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
The oil industry made Venezuela one of the richest — and most unequal — nations in Latin America; now US hawks want to get their hands on the estimated 300 billion barrels left, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG