This article rounds out the picture of the current situation in Greece described in our two articles of today (here and here)
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Austerity
Serge Halimi: Forgotten France rises up
A brilliant article. Le Monde diplomatique at its best. The social reality Halimi describes could be the UK. Also the forces protecting neo-liberalism: Graduates, the middle class, those in big cities, the EU ‘Journalists must […]
Finance
The Nib: The Wealthy Aren’t Paying Their Share. How Do We Get Rid of Tax Havens?
Despite Panama and Paradise Paper revelations, and hubristic political promises, tax havens continue to support tax evasion and looting by global elites. This superb infographic tells the sordid story of a global failure. Read here
EU politics
Polina Manolova – German Social Democrats Cast Low-Wage Migrants as Fraudsters
‘In today’s Germany, foreign populations are treated as disposable — desired for their labor but despised for who they are. That this is also the fault of SPD politicians shows what German Social Democracy has […]
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