Capitalism

Socialist Action held a successful online event to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic on March 28. Conducted as a live video conference over Zoom, members and supporters from around the country contributed to a lively...

In February General Motors announced that it would retire its iconic Holden car brand, and close down all of its Australian operations. Some 600 workers are now set to lose their jobs. While Holden had...

The collapse on the world’s stock exchanges on 9 March, and in the days since, was the largest since the beginning of the global capitalist crisis in 2008. The fall on the US stock...

Women and men around the world will mark March 8 as International Women’s Day, with demonstrations, marches and celebrations. The run-up to this occasion presents an important opportunity to examine its history and discuss...

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endometriosis is an invisible condition that affects an estimated one in ten women worldwide, and at least 700,000 people in Australia. But even these estimates are likely to be...

“They are lying, we know they are lying. They also know that we know they are lying, and yet they are still lying.” This online comment from a resident of Wenzhou, one of several big...

“I’m a capitalist, and even I think capitalism is broken”. This was the message from Ray Dalio, head of the world’s largest hedge fund, in April this year. Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater...

One of our readers recently asked “What’s the difference between socialism and communism?” Our 'Ask The Socialist' column answers below. ** All around the world people are talking about the chaos, crisis and cruelty of capitalism,...