Economy

Susan Price reviews Adam Hanieh’s new book, Crude Capitalism, which analyses oil’s place in the global capitalist system and the changes in the world oil market. 

Michel Barnier and Lucie Castets

John Mullen looks behind the no-confidence motion in the French assembly and what this means for the struggle against the far right and for fundamental change.

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Speculation of more privatisations by the Nicolás Maduro government is growing amid fears incoming United States president Donald Trump may tighten sanctions on Venezuela, reports Federico Fuentes.

Twitter post and pic of Trump

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto remains a loyal servant of United States imperialism, as his recent phone call to Donald Trump makes clear, reports Peter Boyle.

Nicolas Maduro and Venezuelan flag

Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with Malfred Gerig, a sociologist from the Central University of Venezuela, to discuss what he calls Maduro’s “neoliberalism with patrimonialist characteristics”. This is the final in a three-part interview.

Venezuelan flag and economic graph

In the second of a three-part interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with sociologist Malfred Gerig to discuss Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s economic policy response to what he terms the country’s “Long Depression”.

Japan was invited for the first time to discuss joining AUKUS with Australia and the United States at a meeting of defence ministers in Darwin. Paul Gregoire reports.

While UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged COP29 delegates to act urgently on mitigating rising temperatures, the fossil fuel industry heard the sound of money changing hands. Binoy Kampmark reports.

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Mozambique is at a critical juncture, with post-election discontent revealing deep-rooted flaws in its political system, writes Boaventura Monjane.

NPP election rally in Sri Lanka

The working-class party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna — part of the National People’s Power coalition — gained an outright majority in the country’s 225-seat parliament, reports Janaka Biyanwila.

Donald Trump and US flag in background

Cyn Huang and Daniil Sapunkov, members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America, unpacked the United States elections with Green Left’s Isaac Nellist and Jacob Andrewartha.

Donald Trump’s victory has sent a wave of depression around the world, especially after the right-wing advances in Europe and the anti-immigrant race riots in England. Peter Boyle argues that the challenge for progressive movements has never been greater.