Deregulation
Reuters: Amazon workers protest at some German, French sites on Black Friday
Amazon strikes in more than 30 countries part of ‘Make Amazon Pay initiative’. Read the article HERE.
Year: 2022
EU politics
Thomas Simon Mattia: Why Were Italians Swayed to the Right by the Brothers of Italy?
Italy didn’t vote for fascism, they voted for the far-right because they offered a message of security, whereas the left failed to offer a credible answer to the key concerns of Italians Cross-posted from Green […]
Uncategorized
James Foley – Capturing identity part 1: Dedicated followers of fashion
Many who once embraced identity politics are now turning away from it. But this is a cycle we keep repeating in modern history. In the first instalment of a new series examining the rise, fall […]
EU politics
EU Observer: EU leadership rehash old ideas to save migrant lives at sea
EU leadership on Wednesday (23 November) rehashed decade-old statements on the importance of saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea. Read Here Malta refused to cooperate with the Ocean Viking, during a rescue operation involving disabled […]
Finance
Business & Human Rights Resource Center: Amazon workers stage Black Friday protests across Europe & USA over ‘exploitative’ working conditions & low pay
Workers at Amazon warehouses and distrbution centres have staged protests – over low pay, poor working conditions and climate concerns – across Europe and the USA to coincide with the online retailer’s annual discounted shopping […]
Corruption
Transparency International: EU Court of Justice delivers blow to beneficial ownership transparency
The anti-democratic, reactionary bulwark of the EU, the European Court of Justice, has set back the fight against cross-border corruption by years Read Here
National Politics
Noam Chomsky – US Sanctions on Iran Don’t Support the Protests, They Deepen Suffering
Is the uprising in Iran a revolution in the making? Noam Chomsky sheds insight on this question Noam Chomsky is a linguist, philosopher, and political activist. He is the laureate professor of linguistics at the […]
Aviation
Alex Chapman – The environment is paying the price for bad economic advice
Economic consultants are like politicians: you get the best that money can buy. Alex Chapman is Senior Researcher at the New Economics Foundation Cross-posted from the NEF website Image: iStock/NeonJellyFish Back in the 1940s US […]
Climate Crisis
Client Earth: European Parliament resolution ‘final nail in the coffin’ for Energy Charter Treaty
The newest from Europe’s Disneyland parliament. Now that Germany had indicated that it will withdraw from the ECT this is permitted, although one never knows what the EU Commission might get up to. Read Here
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie – What would Keynes do now?
His answer to Great depression was that we should spend our way out. But now we have rampant inflation because people are spending too much. What would Keynes do now if he was presented with […]