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Corruption

Binoy Kampmark – Looting the looters: Theft at the British Museum

August 28, 2023 Ben 0

The pilfering of the British Museum, which contains objects stolen from all over the world in the times of colonial plunder, is a curious tale. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He […]

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Lucas García Alcalde: There are lessons to learn from Getir’s Spanish exit 

August 24, 2023 Ben 0

For the past two years, Lucas García Alcalde has been reporting on Spain’s grocery delivery sector for ‘Business Insider’. Following Getir’s exit from Spain in July just two years after its entry, Alcalde writes for […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – As Getir’s empire rapidly shrinks, workers plot a global strike

August 24, 2023 Ben 0

The Turkish grocery delivery platform’s problems are generating steep lay-offs and deteriorating working conditions for those who remain, pushing workers to get organised internationally. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network […]

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Inequality

Richard Machin: Why thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the UK are now homeless

August 23, 2023 Ben 0

The UK Government made a song and dance about helping Ukrainian refugees – now 7,300 Ukrainian households are homeless, and the real figure is likely to be higher. Richard Machin is a Senior Lecturer in […]

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Climate Crisis

BBC: Greek fires rage after migrant tragedy near border

August 23, 2023 Ben 0

A deadly case study in how crises – in this case climate and refugees – interweave. Read the article HERE.

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Climate Crisis

Tatyana Novikova – Rare Earth Mining: Sacrificing the Environment to Save the Planet?

August 23, 2023 Ben 0

The EU Critical Raw Materials Act, supposedly motivated by concern over climate change, may perversely have been about overriding environmental regulations at the national level. Tatyana Novikova reports on issues of nuclear power and sustainable […]

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EU politics

Neil Warner: The Idea of “Social Europe” Became an Alibi for the European Union’s Neoliberal Turn

August 23, 2023 Ben 0

European left parties responded to the crisis of social democracy by proposing more radical reforms to be carried out at a transnational level. But the call for “social Europe” ended up serving as a thin […]

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Food Production

Floris Visser – ‘Good food is a public good’: Lessons from the Netherlands

August 23, 2023 Ben 0

Making good food affordable to all requires building a movement, not moralising messages and activist jargon. Floris Visser is the director of Public Food, an organisation working on food justice. Cross-posted from Green European Journal […]

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Finance

Lucas García Alcalde: Hay lecciones que aprender de la salida de Getir de España 

August 23, 2023 Ben 0

Durante los últimos dos años, Lucas García Alcalde ha estado informando sobre el sector español de envíos ultrarrápidos para ‘Business Insider’. Tras la salida de Getir de España en julio, justo dos años después de […]

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Media

Ramzy Baroud – Is Western Media’s Perception of Africa racist?

August 21, 2023 Ben 0

Africa is depicted by Western media as corrupt and desperate whenever they refuse to toe the West’s line. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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