Labor/Economics

On the southern shore of Lake Maracaibo, Palmarito is an Afro-Venezuelan community shaped by centuries of history, culture, and resilience. Its people carry forward traditions rooted in their African heritage and in the fishing trade. Central to Palmarito’s way of life is the socialist commune, a form of popular self-government that transforms everyday life and work into a shared project.

The Trump Administration brokered a vaunted peace agreement between the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Signing of the Agreement was followed up on the same day with a White House ceremony. The Ceremony was cringe worthy but appropriate for the representatives of two of the three leading neo-colonial regimes in the Great Lakes region of Africa – Uganda is the third of the three. Donald Trump was not far off the mark when he stated that the foreign ministers must be really happy to be in the White House. A White House visit with the President of the United States is a feather in the cap for neo-colonial leaders in Africa; in essence a key marker of legitimacy.

All civilisations fall in the end. The Roman Empire is long gone, along with the ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Sumerians. Will the global civilisation of corporate capitalism buck the trend? Of course not, but how long does it have left? In such a complex system, it’s impossible to predict when there will be a sudden shift, but there’s good evidence that the process of breakdown has already begun. Damage to soils, water tables, forests, the oceans and climate is occurring alongside economic and political upheaval. No longer is this a theoretical matter about the distant future, but something we should be preparing for today. But how?

Algeria is celebrating Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice. A sacred moment of remembrance, sharing, and spirituality. Yet, once again this year, a large portion of the population is faced with a harsh reality: the sheep has become a luxury. Its price has skyrocketed, supply is uncertain, and the state, in a commendable effort, had to mobilize significant resources to import sheep from Romania and Spain. Throughout the year, in an attempt to ease pressure, beef is imported from Brazil or elsewhere—frozen, packaged, and transported at great cost.

Article discusses recent webinar examining Trump’s proposed invasion of Venezuela, examines US relations with Venezuela and Venezuela’s resistance. Link to webinar included inside article.

Examines the military coup in Indonesia during Sept-October 1965, in which between 500,000-1 million people were killed, and determines that mass murder was utilized in 23 other countries, either directly supported by the various US governments or at least through their acquiescence.

Examines US labor leaders’ support for the Zionist movement for over 100 years, and the growing resistance inside the trade union movement to such.

But capital doesn’t care about prices. It cares about profits. Fossil fuels are around three times more profitable than renewables. This is because renewables have a low barrier to entry and are highly competitive (driving prices down), while fossil fuels are more conducive to market control and monopoly pricing.

Conventional wisdom holds that for resource-dependent economies, climate action is a matter of economic survival, while for developing economies, it offers a pathway to sustainable growth and development. But many economies fall into both categories – developing and resource-dependent – compounding the challenge of designing and implementing effective climate strategies. While a comprehensive strategy for building climate resilience is essential to strengthening developing economies’ ability to withstand shocks, resilience and adaptation must go hand in hand. For vulnerable countries, this may involve reinforcing infrastructure to protect against flooding, investing in drought-resistant crops, and diversifying income sources to reduce dependence on climate-sensitive sectors.