Public ownership isn’t just more effective, it’s more democratic – it’s time to take vital services like rail, mail, energy, and water out of the control of remote CEOs and unaccountable shareholders.
Austerity
CNA: French travellers face train disruption as pension strikes go on
Two weeks of nationwide industrial action against President Emmanuel Macron’s planned overhaul of the pension system have disrupted railways and roads, shut some schools and brought more than half a million people onto the streets. […]
Economics
The German V-Recovery that wasn’t: Gross domestic product in the 1st quarter of 2021 down 1.7% on the previous quarter
Angela Merkel’s government knew it. A V-Recovery was on its was. Like the COVID vaccinations they just don’t appear to understand current conditions. Read here
National Politics
Thomas Piketty: Rethinking protectionism
Should we have boycotted the World Cup in Qatar? Probably not. Since we have always accepted to participate in sports competitions with regimes far removed from social and electoral democracy, starting with China (2008 Olympic […]
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