EU politics
New Statesman: Europe’s socialist success story: the strange rebirth of the Portuguese left
How a left-wing coalition government has functioned better than even its creators could have hoped. Read here
Month: May 2018
EU politics
NDTV: Catalan Separatists To Try Again To Elect Carles Puigdemont
This is a crisis that simply is not going away, no matter how much the EU tries to ignore it. Read here
Economics
BBC Radio 4 – Das Kapital by Karl Marx Dramatised by Sarah Woods
What an interesting programme! Listen here
EU politics
red pepper: Local elections: 5 reasons to be cheerful
This is another article we are posting to help those of you outside Britain (and probably some inside) to understand what the results of the recent local elections tell us. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Why Positive Money is wrong
An interesting criticism of Positive Money, a topic about which we have posted a series of articles (see here) Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns […]
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – Yes, Britain is closing its tax havens. But let’s not forget it created them in the first place
We still have a long journey ahead of us with regard to banning tax havens, but a step has been taken. This post is jointly authored by Anthea Lawson and John Christensen Tax justice campaigners […]
EU politics
Owen Jones: Momentum campaigning brought in votes – but Labour needs more
Despite corporate media’s attempt to depict the recent election in England as a defeat for Labour (it may not have been a landslide victory, but if Labour has won many seats and the Tories lost […]
Economics
Hilary Wainwright: Beneath the Pavements, the Beach?
This is a long read, thus we postponed posting it until the weekend. In this piece Hilary Wainwright assesses the legacy of the political movement of 1968, coming to the conclusion that despite all attempts […]
EU politics
Jeremy Smith – Early reflections on the English local elections
This is our second quick assessment of yesterdays election in England. The first (read here) is by John Weeks. By Jeremy Smith, co-director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) The English local elections – mainly in […]
EU politics
John Weeks – Corbyn leadership consolidated, no general election
We asked John to give us a brief analysis concerning the election. This was his reply. Jeremy Corbyn and the portion of the Labour Party that he represents have to deal with a hostile media […]