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Stavros Mavroudeas – The Greek budget and the mobilisations against it

December 20, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is another austerity budget dictated by the EU despite being promoted by the SYRIZA as the first ‘free’ state budget. It places again the burden on the shoulders of the working people and the […]

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Larry Elliot: We’re back to the 1930s politics of anger and, yes, appeasement

December 20, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

“Brexit is not the most important issue facing the world; it is not even the most important issue facing Britain.” “Katowice was the real Munich and the feeble UN accord the equivalent of the piece […]

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Just hours to go!!! – Save us losing 5,000 euros!

December 20, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Just a few hours to go and we have only achieved half our goal of 10,000 euros, which means the loss of 5,000 euros in matching funds from GLS Treuhand. End the year with a […]

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Climate Crisis

VoxEU: Paul De Grauwe – Who should pay for the cost of climate policies?

December 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

New budgetary rules imposed by the European Commission prevent the costs of public investment from being spread over time, obliging governments to impose 100% of the costs of envinronmental investments on today’s households and firms. Paul De Grauwe […]

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Corruption

Adrian Bua and Myriam Douo- EU Deregulation: why the drugs don’t work

December 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

It’s the same story over and over again. Where the EU can use its trans-European power for the good of its citizens, it instead chooses to further the interest of corporations. Adrian Bua is a […]

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EU politics

Politico: Fears of Euroskepticism blunt Brussels’ budget threats against Rome

December 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Another fudge by the EU. Unfortunately the author does not answer the question, if this was the result of having to support Macron in France and his promises of unbudgeted expenditures to assuage the yellow […]

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EU politics

Huffington Post: Austerity And Cuts To Benefits Is ‘Social Murder’, New Research Claims

December 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Benefit cuts are a form of violence creating more poverty and even leading to death, says academic. Read here  

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EU politics

The International Trade Union Confederation: Trade unions ramp up opposition to Hungary’s ‘slave law’

December 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in opposition to a new law that imposes drastic conditions on working people in Hungary. The contentious law increases the limit on overtime to 400 hours a […]

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Real News Network – Ada Colau: When Activists Take Over City Hall: The Case of Barcelona, Spain

December 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Ada Colau was elected in 2015 as Barcelona’s first woman mayor. Under her leadership Barcelona has increased social spending to historic levels, spearheading initiatives to prevent gentrification by increasing public and social housing, created a […]

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Climate Crisis

Tax Justice Network: Podast December 2018

December 18, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

In edition 84 of the December 2018 Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show, the Taxcast: time’s running out to tackle the climate crisis facing us all. We look at environmental taxes and making them fair, […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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