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Julia P G Jones – Deforestation: why COP26 agreement will struggle to reverse global forest loss by 2030

October 31, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Much of Madagascar has been deforested to make way for small-scale agriculture. Mahesh Poudyal Julia P G Jones, Bangor University More than 100 world leaders meeting at COP26 – the UN climate summit in Glasgow […]

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Climate Crisis

Richard Murphy – Advertising should be on the agenda at COP 26 – because it drives out excess consumption with the sole intention of making us miserable

October 31, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Richard Murphy taking a look at a further aspect of necessary change to reduce useless consumption and therewith CO2. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered accountant. […]

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Economics

Michael Roberts – Japan general election: the ‘new capitalism’

October 31, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Japan, like most developed nations, seems to be caught up in a political malaise as voters lose confidence in their political class Postscript: The LDP secured more than 233 lower house seats – enough to […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘The battle of ideas is won’: Interview with ETUC’s Ludovic Voet

October 31, 2021 Ben Wray 0

The Gig Economy Project speaks to the European Trade Union Confederation’s Secretary Ludovic Voet about the EU Commission’s platform work directive, trade union organising in the gig economy, and whether the present moment is one […]

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DW: G-20 leaders make no promises over climate change

October 31, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

World leaders have failed to set a firm date for achieving carbon neutrality or for phasing out coal. Activists had hoped for a stronger signal from the G-20 ahead of the UN’s climate change conference, […]

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National Politics

Lea Ypi – Albania: Coming of age at the end of history

October 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

A good Sunday read on the end of cold war Albania Lea Ypi is a Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics Cross-posted from LSE EUROPP In December 1990, Albania changed almost […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – “Somos aquello que las empresas no quieren que exista”: Entrevista con Nuria Soto de RidersXDerechos

October 30, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Nuria Soto, del movimiento ‘RidersXDerechos’, dice al Gig Economy Project que la Ley Riders tiene sus problemas pero ha creado una “base para la lucha” más fácil. Read this article in English HERE El proyecto […]

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Climate Crisis

Juan Carlos Boué: Investment treaties undermine the protection of climate and environment – including new generation treaties

October 29, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Arbitration lawyer Juan Carlos Boué presents the case of Columbia, which has included an environmental exception in their treaty with Canada. Still they were sentenced by a tribunal to pay damages to a Canadian mining […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – Digital labour rights conference hears doubts that EU Commission platform work directive will go far enough

October 29, 2021 Ben Wray 0

GEP reports from the European Trade Union Institute’s conference on the digital transition and labour rights in Brussels, which heard arguments for the European Commission to avoid a “narrow” law on platform work and instead […]

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Climate Action Tracker – We’re Not on Track for 1.5 Degrees C. What Will it Take?

October 29, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

This decade is our make-or-break opportunity to avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change and steer the world towards a net-zero future. By: Sophie Boehm (WRI), Katie Lebling (WRI), Kelly Levin (Bezos Earth Fund), […]

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When McKinsey comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanovitch and Michael Forsythe

January 8, 2023 0

Book Review by Roger Steer In January 2021 Brave New Europe published “The Americanisation of European Healthcare” which was my attempt to describe the forces at work to change the way healthcare is delivered in […]

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Do You Want to Know the Truth? by Rupert Read

November 22, 2022 0

Book Review by Alison Teal Honesty is the key word for Rupert Read’s new book Do You Want to Know the Truth? Rarely is this book what one would consider ‘light’ reading. Collecting some of […]

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