Climate Crisis
Andrew Simms: From emergency declarations to practical action
It may not be much, but it is a start. Read here A vision of sustainable city transport developed as part of the Liveable Cities Programme by Ashden
Year: 2020
EU politics
Labour Heartlands: EU Parliament picks Guy Verhofstadt for ‘New President’ role to set the future of the EU
An absolutely fascinating article. Not to be overseen, besides the ultra-neoliberal, anti-democrat Verhofstadt all the EU politician named for future prominent roles are German (Yes, David McAllister is also a failed German politician in need […]
Climate Crisis
Giorgos Kallis – Limits
How did we come to think of limits as something to overcome? Political ecologist, ecological economist, and degrowth advocate Giorgos Kallis traces environmentalism’s scarcity mentality back to Malthus and explains why we need understand limits […]
Economics
James Galbraith, Kenneth Rogoff: Modern Monetary Theory
Interesting debate. Begin as 3:00
EU politics
EuroIntelligence: The world has discovered how to blackmail Germany
Once again it is confirmed that Germany, the EU hegemon determines policy. Read here
Aviation
Info Barcelona: Climate emergency declared in Barcelona
The climate crisis is real. It’s not a drill. If we do nothing, Barcelona and the planet will become uninhabitable for future generations. In an effort to prevent that happening and mitigate the effects of […]
Climate Crisis
Robin McAlpine: The Koalas will Burn until you say ‘Enough’
In our first brilliant weekend read (the second is here) Common Weal director Robin McAlpine argues that the global climate crisis won’t be solved until we start to apply local solutions Robin McAlpine is the […]
Economics
Karsten Kohler, Alexander Guschanski, Engelbert Stockhammer – Financialisation increases income inequality
Rentiers and financialisation. Workers are stuck between a rock and a hard place. The authors look at how financialisation have affected wages. It is not as dry a topic as it might first seem. Karsten […]
Climate Crisis
Norbert Häring – Augmenting the Gross Domestic Product with Ecological and Social Factors is a Bad Idea
There is a consensus among progressives, that GDP is not fit for purpose. It needs to be replaced by something else. Germany’s Greens, died in the wool neo-liberals, wants to give make GDP more humane. […]
EU politics
Vila Web: Human Rights Watch includes Catalonia in its annual report
So, Eu nations, those paragons of justice and democracy, there among the dictatorships. The report highlights the high sentences for ‘non-violent acts’ related to the Catalan referendum Read here