Once the favored child of the establishment, Greta Thunberg has been dropped by the global elite. A MintPress News study finds that coverage of Thunberg in The New York Times and Washington Post has dwindled from hundreds of articles per year to barely a handful, precisely as she widens her focus from the environment to the capitalist system that is causing climate breakdown, and the Israeli attack on Gaza, which the Swedish activist has labeled a “genocide.”
EU politics
Forge Today: UK University Employees vote for strike
More than a million students face a new wave of walkouts at universities across Britain, after staff voted in favour of strike action over pensions, pay and working conditions. Read here
Economics
DeStatis: Inflation rate of 10.9% expected in September 2022
Consumer price index, September 2022: +10.0% on the same month a year earlier (provisional) +1.9% on the previous month (provisional) Harmonised index of consumer prices, September 2022: +10.9% on the same month a year earlier […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff: Socialists Need To Fight For Economic Change — Not Just Another Version Of Capitalism
Dissatisfaction with capitalism has reignited a debate about socialism, but people cannot agree on what “socialism” means. Read here
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