EU politics
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: France’s pension battle isn’t over
The France Insoumise leader writes in ‘Jacobin’ on where next after Macron forced through the pension reform. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
National Politics
Lily Hamourtziadou: Iraq 20 years on: death came from the skies on March 19 2003 – and the killing continues to this day
The bombs began to rain down on Iraqis in the “shock and awe” campaign – and the killing never stopped Lily Hamourtziadou is a senior lecturer in Security Studies, Birmingham City University. Cross-posted from The […]
Deregulation
Loren Balhorn: Order Prevails
A look at the municipal politics of Berlin, where hopes have been dashed that a referendum win in 2021 would bring a breakthrough on the rent problem. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Richard Murphy: Banking is in meltdown, again. Will central bankers finally accept that their job is to serve society and not bankers?
This is a crisis of the Central Bankers making. To fix it, they must radically shift policy. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered accountant. Co-founder of the […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Flink: As bad as Gorillas?
Two Flink couriers and Works Council founders have been fired, ostensibly for speaking publicly about poor working conditions. Is Flink any better than the scandal-ridden and now-defunct Gorillas? And does German labour law really protect […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: Moral hazard or creative destruction?
Letting big banks go to the wall is not on the agenda of states today, but saving them prevents the ‘creative destruction’ capitalism needs to renew itself. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of […]
Economics
Michael Hudson: Why the bank crisis isn’t over
The bind the system is in is this: it can’t reverse 13 years of Quantitative Easing without also reversing the asset-price inflation which resulted from it, which the financial system is built on. Michael Hudson […]
EU politics
Lily Lynch: Estonia’s hawks
Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has become an icon of the new feminist Atlanticism, a rebranded form of aggressive militarism, writes Lily Lynch in ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Environment
Adriana Mayor: Alcarràs and As Bestas: Spain’s Renewable Energy Divides Play Out in Cinemas
The slogan Renovables sí, pero no así has become increasingly prominent in Spain in recent years as the reality of corporate renewable macro-projects kicks in. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal RURAL Spain, with its […]
Energy
ETUC- EU: ‘Cosmetic’ energy reforms won’t help workers
The European Trade Union Confederation’s press release on the European Commission’s proposals to reform the EU’s internal electricity market design. Read the article HERE.