Economy

Both of the major political parties represent the capitalist class, not the working class. …

The French government has passed its 2025 budget, cutting public services and increasing military spending. …

PG&E’s profits predictably increased after they raised utility rates. …

Political and economic crises are often linked, not separate events. …

The Supreme Court has ruled that local governments can punish people for being homeless. …

Two months after the collision with the Key Bridge, the container ship Dali has been moved out of the way. …

Childcare has become unaffordable. …

On May 9, Argentinian workers conducted a general strike against the policies of President Milei. …

Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the massive train derailment in East Palestine in …

Biden announced a cancellation of $7.4 billion of student loan debt, but he is still part of the system that produced that debt in the first place …

Download .pdf leaflet Corporations Report Record Profits by Squeezing Working People Looking at prices for …

The largest grocery store merger in history is taking place between Albertsons and Kroger. These …

PG&E is increasing rates to pay for infrastructure upgrades they should have done a long time ago. …

Capitalists at the World Economic Forum predict worsening economic conditions over the next decade. If they have trouble keeping profits up, we, the working class, are the ones who they will punish. …

Biden and Xi met at APEC, but their meeting was more for optics than action. …

Since April, at least 2 million children have lost Medicaid health insurance throughout 21 U.S. states. The reports …

The September jobs report from the U.S. government said that 336,000 new jobs were created …

The immediate threat of a U.S. government shutdown that emerged in late September has been …

“We need to see pain in the economy,” said Australian multimillionaire Tim Gurner at a …

It seems like every day we are told how great the Biden administration has been …

Bernie Sanders wants the rich to pay more taxes, aiming to support the working class …

September 4, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

People will soon be required to begin payments on student debt that they can’t afford. …

Following “momentum driven” algorithms that automatically determine when to buy or sell commodities at the …

California has canceled salmon fishing season, as salmon populations have collapsed. …

Tired of rampant corruption, energy shortages, poor standards of living, and now a partial government …

Last week, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a small bank focused on investing in tech companies, …

Californians have been facing high bills for natural gas. …

The debt ceiling crisis is being used as an excuse to cut Social Security and Medicare. …

2023: A Coming Economic Crisis? Who Will Pay? With Richard Wolff We face the effects …

Biden and Xi met to manage the conflict between the U.S. and China, but they can do nothing about the system of capitalist competition that created this conflict. …

Many tech enthusiasts, tech cheerleaders and even many so-called analysts treat the giant tech and …

In late October, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (U.K.), Liz Truss, resigned …

September 19, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA. …

The Northeastern U.S. may see shortages of diesel and heating oil this winter. The for-profit system leaves us vulnerable to these kinds of shortages. …

High rent and inflation are threatening renters with eviction. …

August 31, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

Workers in Panama have been protesting against inflation. …

After five months, the baby formula shortage continues. …

As prices increase, President Macron has come out against a general salary increase, while the purchasing power bill isn’t nearly enough. …

We pay increased prices, corporations get increased profits. …

On Saturday, June 18, thousands came to the mall in Washington, D.C., to protest poverty …

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland ended on May 27. The conference – a …

Who profits off of inflation? Not workers whose real wages plunge as inflation ticks higher. …

May 23, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

Despite campaign promises, Biden has continued to do nothing about student debt. …

Biden’s latest budget proposal includes the largest military budget ever, just one more indication that our interests are not represented by those in power. …

This system is rigged so that even the proposed solutions hurt us, and corporations use the excuse of inflation to sneak away like a robber in the night …