Welcome to Green Social Thought’s collection of labor and economics articles. Take a deep dive into green economics and labor perspectives. As advocates for environmental responsibility and social justice, we bring you insights into a transformative economic approach that challenges the status quo, particularly degrowth and union and worker rights.
In a world grappling with the consequences of excessive consumption and environmental degradation, degrowth stands as a bold alternative. Our articles explore the the green vision of reshaping our economic landscape, with a particular focus on scaling down unnecessary and detrimental aspects, such as military expenditures and empowering workers through unionization.
Explore the economic implications of embracing degrowth policies, from redefining prosperity to creating resilient and inclusive communities. Exploration of economic alternatives that prioritize people and the planet.
Presents data from earlier article that explains in detail how the elites, starting in the beginning of the 21st Century, have been targeting almost all Americans economically, and that these attacks are not being joined by Trump’s idiotic war in Iran.
Rising gasoline prices may grab headlines, but Paul Krugman argues that’s only part of a much deeper economic shock. The real pain lies in surging diesel, jet fuel, fertilizer, and petrochemical costs—quietly driving up prices across the entire economy. As supply chains strain and production costs climb, consumers will feel the impact in everything from food to transport. Worse, these pressures could push central banks toward tighter policies, raising recession risks. The crisis around the Strait of Hormuz isn’t distant geopolitics—it’s a direct threat to everyday economic stability.
As the first of its profiles of leftist organizations from the postsocialist world, Red Threads is delighted to publish Burcu Ayan’s interview with the Bulgarian left feminist organization LevFem.
There were tearful scenes in the central American nation of Honduras on February 23, as locals said goodbye to the Cuban healthcare professionals who had been treating them for free for around two years. It came after the Honduran government abruptly ended the Cuban medical mission under pressure from the administration of the US president, Donald Trump.
Amid war, sanctions, and deepening economic crisis, Iran’s working class stands at the center of a historic confrontation. Rodney D. Green traces how decades of imperialist intervention, clerical domination, and capitalist restructuring have produced mass poverty, repression, and revolt. From oil workers to teachers, coordinated protests reveal a society pushed to the brink. Yet the struggle is not simply against one regime, but against intersecting systems of power—domestic and global. The question remains: can an organized working-class movement emerge with the vision and strength to transform Iran’s future?
A vast and deep-seated cognitive war is being waged by major U.S. and Western information technology (IT) and communication technology (ICT) companies to change minds and distort events in order to portray the oppressors of the people as the good guys and the oppressed as the guilty ones. At the same time, they carry out cyberattacks against the critical infrastructure of other countries to create confusion.
The morning of my departure from José Martí Airport, named after the father of the nation, I hugged everybody: the woman who checked me in, the man who stamped my passport, the ground staff. I had hugged all my friends tightly the previous day, my tears fighting for the right to stream down my face. It felt as though, through these hugs, I wanted to somehow transmit my trepidation about what could possibly happen to Cuba, the Cubans, the Cuban Revolution – all of it – because of the madness of Donald Trump.
The International Labour Organisation’s Employment and Social Trends 2026 report paints a stark picture of the conditions facing most of the world’s workers.
