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Davi Martins: For a World Without Hunger, We Need Food Sovereignty

April 30, 2023 Ben 0

While the world experiences a major hunger crisis, the 20 largest food corporations returned $53.5 billion to their shareholders in the past two years. Davi Martins is senior campaign strategist for biodiversity at Greenpeace International. […]

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Environment

Jonne Silonsaari, Gemma Simón i Mas, Jordi Honey-Rosés, Marco te Brömmelstroet: Return of the child-friendly city? How social movements are changing European urban areas

April 30, 2023 Ben 0

Bike demonstrations which occupy the streets for child-friendly cities have sprung across Europe, and are achieving results Jonne Silonsaari is a Doctoral Researcher in Urban Planning at the University of Amsterdam. Gemma Simón i Mas […]

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Gig Economy Project – Benedikt Hopmann: Germany’s restrictions on the right to strike have their roots in the Nazi-era

April 28, 2023 Ben 0

Benedikt Hopmann is the lawyer for three Gorillas app-based grocery delivery workers in Berlin, who were fired in 2021 after participating in a wildcat strike. On Tuesday [25 April], the workers challenged their dismissal on […]

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Jacobin: It’s Not Just the Gig Economy — Precarious Work Is Everywhere

April 23, 2023 Ben 0

A new study finds insecurity and precariousness is widespread across the economy. Read the article HERE.

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Dominique Pierre – Fortress Europe: more migrants dying in the Mediterranean

April 23, 2023 Ben 0

The first quarter of 2023 was the deadliest for migrants crossing the Mediterranean since 2017. Published on International Viewpoint. Read the article HERE.

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Michael Roberts – A multipolar world and the dollar

April 23, 2023 Ben 0

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde’s speech to the US Council of Foreign Relations was revealing of the fear among western elites that their global power may be slipping away Michael Roberts is an Economist in […]

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Charlotte Sophia Bez, Lorenzo Feltrin – Why Europe must address the problem of ‘noxious deindustrialisation’

April 23, 2023 Ben 0

Many areas in Europe are seeing a sharp decline in industrial jobs, without high-polluting industries disappearing Charlotte Sophia Bez is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the FutureLab CERES at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) […]

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Clare Taylor, Joanne Potter – Peatlands matter for climate and biodiversity

April 23, 2023 Ben 0

Peatlands, which store one-third of the world’s soil carbon, are both a depleted and overlooked resource. Clare Taylor is a moderator and journalist specialised in sustainable energy and environment Joanne Potter is a writer and […]

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Finance

‘The alligators’: How Croatia legitimised the role of sub-contractors in the platform economy – Interview w/ Sunčica Brnardić

April 21, 2023 Ben 0

What role do sub-contractors play in the platform economy? Can they really be considered employers? The Gig Economy Project spoke to trade unionist and labour law expert Sunčica Brnardić to explore the Croatian case, where […]

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EU politics

Joe Lauria: Leaks spelling the end for Ukraine

April 19, 2023 Ben 0

The leaks from the Pentagon have revealed an awkward truth: the United States knows that Ukraine is not winning the war Joe Lauria is editor-in-chief of Consortium News and a former U.N. correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, […]

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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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