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Reuters: Analysis: Europe’s Green Revolution? Italy’s spending plans raise doubts

April 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The European Union is billing its 750-billion-euro pandemic Recovery Fund as the opportunity of the century to transform the region’s economy and help it lead the world in reducing carbon emissions. But a closer look […]

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Gig Economy Project – Digital Platform Workers in the Pandemic Crisis: A Year of Struggle

April 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Despite the global recession and pandemic, there are signs that a workers’ movement in the digital platform economy is developing. To mark International Workers’ Day, Ben Wray looks at key developments in platform worker struggles […]

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Aleks Szczerbiak – Poland: Can younger voters revive the Polish left?

April 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Polling suggests that a record number of young Poles identify with the left following their mass mobilisation in last autumn’s abortion protests. But this is not translating into increased support for left-wing parties and may […]

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Hauke Benner – German Constitutional Court: Climate Protection Act violates the civil rights of the younger generation

April 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

For over a decade Germany’s political class has justified austerity with the pretence that “We cannot burden future generations with debt”. For the same politicians with regard to CO2 reductions it was, as the Germans […]

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Reuters: U.S. Labor Secretary supports classifying gig workers as employees

April 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Shares of gig economy groups dive on comments by US labour official Read here

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El País: No Future EU for Spanish Youth

April 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Spanish Youth unemployment is now over one third Read here Students at Barcelona’s Autonomous University in late March.CRISTÓBAL CASTRO

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Economics

Danisha Kazi – Banks becoming landlords for higher profits

April 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Lloyds Bank’s plans to become a private landlord highlight how banks and institutional investors treat housing solely as an asset to squeeze out ever greater profits. For the rest of us it is simply a […]

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Economics

Janina Hirth, Markus Rhein – Algorithmic assembly lines

April 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Digitalization and resistance in the retail sector Janina Hirth and Markus Rhein are members of the tie network (transnationals information exchange), a global grassroots network of workers active in workplaces and communities Cross-posted from TNI […]

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Finance

Taroa Zúñiga Silva – Why Delivery Workers Across the Planet Are Rising Up Against Exploitation

April 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Even before the crisis of the pandemic, food delivery companies have seen their profits skyrocket while their so-called “self-employed” workers suffer rights violations and were banned from unionising. Taroa Zúñiga Silva is the co-editor with […]

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Climate Crisis

Paul Brown – Nuclear industry’s unfounded claims let it survive

April 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The nuclear industry’s unfounded claims let it rely on “dark arts”, ignoring much better ways to cut carbon emissions Paul Brown, a founding editor of Climate News Network, is a former environment correspondent of The […]

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The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World beyond Capitalism by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, and Aaron Vansintjan

July 6, 2022 1

Book Review by Timothèe Parrique This book review originally appeared on Timothée Parrique’s blog The best the degrowth literature has to offer served on a silver platter. That’s how I would describe The Future is Degrowth: […]

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The Destiny of Civilization by Michael Hudson

June 11, 2022 1

In his latest book, economist Michael Hudson pits socialism against finance capitalism and tears apart the ‘dream civilization’ imposed by the 1 percent. By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted with The Cradle […]

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