Migrant farm workers are extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus as social distancing is virtually “impossible under conditions H-2A workers typically experience in the United States”.Read the full article
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, some large multinational corporations are putting their money and production capacities at the service of societies. But behind the scenes, they are working hard to ensure the preservation of the same [...]Read the full article
The support of the World Bank and IMF for action on debt burdens and immediate crisis response measures is welcome, but does not indicate a significant shift away from the austerity, privatisation and deregulation that has increased inequality [...]Read the full article
Sanctions have long had a bad reputation for both failing to achieve results and for causing much more suffering to the vulnerable civilian populations they ostensibly aim to protect than to the political and economic leaders they [...]Read the full article
Globally, the far-right is on the rise. Locally grounded politics can challenge the populists and deal with the systemic problems we all face.Read the full article
In the mid-20th century, the so-called Green Revolution changed humanity’s relationship with agriculture. Three decades later, the model adapted to the financialisation of the economy and agribusiness was born. This went on to take root across the [...]Read the full article
Neoliberalism decimated public healthcare in African countries. And yet they know how to fight the coronavirus effectively.Read the full article
It’s a fact that always comes as a surprise. Guatemala, which ranks at the bottom of Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of development and prosperity, has an enviable unemployment rate: 2.5 per cent in 2019. In a developed country, this would [...]Read the full article
Migrants are an integral, if often exploited, part of the European workforce, and trade unions across the continent are making efforts to organise them. However, they face a complex set of challenges, particularly if the workers are [...]Read the full article
“If Assange is extradited to the United States, he has no chance of a fair trial.”Read the full article
Since 2011, grassroots mobilisation has taken on a decidedly political profile, calling not only for the removal of the ruler of the day, but also for the dismantling of a status quo that, at best, offers no more than the crumbs of paternalism [...]Read the full article
“We have just 10 years to stabilise the planet for our own survival. We know that the pathway to high ambition is just transition, and trade unions can take credit for the broad recognition of this [...]Read the full article
