(2024-05-01). Australia: Fight the climate change disaster, become an SEP electoral member. wsws.org What is required is the struggle for socialism, based on a turn to the working class, the social force whose fundamental interests align with reconstructing society to address the climate crisis.
(2024-05-01). Nick Burns: Student Debt in American Society. newleftreview.org The intense debate around American student loans has largely been cast in moral terms—fairness, forgiveness, desert. Nick Burns instead provides a hard-headed analysis of the political and economic interests that built a credit pyramid out of higher education.
(2024-05-01). Gurbani echoes through UK Parliament in celebration of Baisakhi. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: At the heart of the UK Parliament complex in London, the soulful melodies of Gurbani and messages of unity resonated during a groundbreaking Baisakhi celebration this week.Hosted by the British Indian think-tank 1928 Institute, alongside diaspora membership organizations City Sikhs and the British Punjabi Welfare Association (BPWA), the event convened a diverse gathering of professionals, community leaders, and philanthropists at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Room on Monday evening. Its aim: to shine a spotlight on the enduring ties between the UK and India, as well as the invaluable…
(2024-05-01). PMQs: Rishi Sunak fact checked yet again for misleading £900 tax cut claim. leftfootforward.org The Prime Minister once again made a misleading statement during PMQs in which he claimed the government was cutting taxes by £900 for all working people, leading fact checkers to call him out. | Desperate to distract from the fact Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson He has previously ma…
(2024-05-01). Township agriculture programme launched to address food insecurity. sanews.gov.za Township agriculture programme launched to address food insecurity | In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing food insecurity and uplifting township communities, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube has launched a programme aimed at equipping residents with the knowledge and resources necessary to cultivate healthy and nutritious crops in their neighbourhoods. | The Township Agriculture Programme aims to maximise food production in small spaces, promote a healthy ecosystem and increase biodiversity in urban areas. | Speaking at the event held at KwaMashu in the north of Durban on Tuesday, Dube-Ncube…
(2024-05-01). Gà∂ran Therborn: The Future and the Left. newleftreview.org Gà∂ran Therborn replies to Oliver Eagleton's critique of 'The World and the Left' (NLR 137). Debates on the nature of dialectics and the triadic crisis of climate breakdown, imperial geopolitics and rising inequality. Could Bloch still be right about the grounds for rational hope?