Economy
Free Market Economy in Syria: We've Seen This Failure Before
Just months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syria’s new rulers are racing to implement a sweeping free market agenda despite the fact that similar policies under Assad have failed.
Mohammad Khansa
14.05.2025
Workers’ Day Gift: Labor Minister Sets Humiliating $312 Minimum Wage
The greed of employers, the submissiveness of the Ministry of Labor, and the withdrawal of labor representatives have collectively pushed Lebanese workers further into poverty, on all levels that is: economically, socially, nutritionally, medically...
Mohammad Kassem
13.05.2025
Outrage Over Wage Decision: Unions Warn of Escalation
Lebanon’s labor unions have fiercely criticized the latest decisions by the Wage Index Committee, accusing employers of refusing to implement a full salary adjustment and limiting increases solely to the minimum wage. The move has been widely condemned...
Lebanon Desk
12.05.2025
Palestinian Labor in Settlements: Wasting Life and Accumulating Waste
Immiseration, genocide, colonization, and counter insurgency render Palestine not only as a laboratory for imperialism but also as a crucial link in the global value chain that sustains capitalism globally, a value chain that is inherently built on death
Ameed Faleh
6.05.2025
Lebanese Employers Block Wage Increase, Cap Minimum at Around $300
Lebanon’s wage adjustment negotiations collapsed again after employers categorically rejected a fair increase to the minimum wage. Talks within the Index Committee,tasked with evaluating wage policy,have broken down as employers refused even modest demands
Fouad Bazzi
2.05.2025