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1 week ago | 
links.org.au | Adam Hanieh |James Wilt
[Editor’s note: Marxist scholar Adam Hanieh will be speaking at Ecosocialism 2025, September 5-7, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. For more information on the conference visit ecosocialism.org.au.]First published at Canadian Dimension.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bhabani Nayak |Miho Soon |Adam Hanieh |Mark Dummett
The market, as a social and economic institution, is fundamentally a process designed to facilitate human life by bringing consumers and producers together. It ensures economic activities serve the social purpose of satisfying the diverse needs of human beings. This relationship was not merely based on exchange relationships but also built on trust—trust in the product, the price, and the producer.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bhabani Nayak |Adam Hanieh |Shiran Illanperuma |Sandeep Pandey
The political and moral foundation of liberalism as a movement originated as a critique of feudalism, religion, monarchy, and conservative traditions. Its primary aim was to ensure individual liberty, egalitarian democratic governance based on the consent of the people, and equality before the law. The struggles of working people and their revolutionary class struggles were instrumental in bringing these liberal and secular ideas to life.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
nybooks.com | Adam Hanieh
In 2023 the Gulf states supplied around 30 percent of the world’s crude oil imports. They all own sizable National Oil Companies (NOCs); Saudi Aramco is the world’s largest oil firm. And it is not just a matter of oil: they are also ramping up natural gas production. Only the United States exports more liquefied natural gas than Qatar. When it comes to addressing the climate crisis, the Gulf NOCs are fully aligned with the Western giants.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bhabani Nayak |Adam Hanieh |Bharat Dogra |Mohd Khan
The concept of the “free market” under capitalism is often promoted as an emblem of individual consumer choice and a driver of national economic growth and development. The priests of capitalism view the free market as the most effective and efficient mechanism for resource allocation, framing it as a key engine of economic progress. However, in practice, the free market is neither free nor fair for producers and consumers. Instead, it is largely controlled by capitalist interests.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bhabani Nayak |Adam Hanieh |Liz Theoharis |Bushra Afreen
The United States of America (USA) is often considered as the “Mecca of Capitalism.” Its powerful military-industrial complex, supported by a defence budget of $841.4 billion, makes it one of the world’s most formidable military powers. The U.S. also leads one of the most powerful imperialist alliances, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vikas Meshram |Mohd Khan |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Adam Hanieh
Maharashtra is considered a very important state in India from an economic, cultural, and political perspective. With nearly 9% of the country’s population, Maharashtra contributes a significant 13% to India’s GDP. Mumbai, the state’s capital, is also regarded as the financial capital of the country. It houses the Bombay Stock Exchange, numerous banks, financial institutions, and several industries, making Maharashtra the economic backbone of the nation.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Kevin Reed |Praveen Kolluguri |Husam Maarouf |Adam Hanieh
Last week Israel took an utterly illegal decision, decried by the whole world, to unilaterally ban UNRWA operations which are the lifeline of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians made refugees by Israel. Indian Express was ultra-quick to ask the Israeli ambassador in India to put across his government’s convoluted point of view while IE failed to give similar space to the Palestinian ambassador in India or to the UNRWA President or Spokesman.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Adam Hanieh |Bhabani Nayak |John Graversgaard |Arun Mitra
Nearly four decades ago, a large team of scientists from around the world launched a major global research programme called the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). Their goal was to study the connection between human activities and changes to the earth’s biological, chemical, and physical systems, and in 2004 they synthesised the results of their initial research phase in a 336-page report entitled Global Change and the Earth System.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
resilience.org | Adam Hanieh
Nearly four decades ago, a large team of scientists from around the world launched a major global research programme called the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). Their goal was to study the connection between human activities and changes to the earth’s biological, chemical, and physical systems, and in 2004 they synthesised the results of their initial research phase in a 336-page report entitled Global Change and the Earth System.
