The poverty of Haitian workers and the poor has long been enforced by imperialist domination and authoritarian regimes that rely on secret police or paramilitary forces.
Almost half the world’s population now lives in countries that spend more on debt servicing than on basic social welfare, a situation being described as “the worst debt crisis since global records began”.
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis warns that famine is imminent in Gaza’s northern governorates and will soon engulf the south of the Strip as well.
The Australian capitalist class is doubling down on the alliance with the US that has served its interests well for decades. In doing so, it risks dragging us all into a deadly confrontation between nuclear-armed rivals.