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Matt Karp: We can’t ignore class dealignment
Data shows left-wing politics is increasingly isolated from its traditional base among the working class. Read the article HERE.
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Energy
Diego Lasarte: The world needs Lithium more than ever, and Latin America knows it
Scholz was in Latin America last week looking to strike lithium deals, but governments in the ‘lithium triangle’ may be less willing to give it up than they were in the past. Cross-posted from Other […]
Media
Francesca Newton: Journalists Are Being Arrested Under Anti-Protest Laws
In Tribune magazine, Francesca Newton finds that the UK Government’s draconian anti-protest laws are being used to arrest journalists reporting on demonstrations. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Ewan McGaughey: Central banks must crack down on fossil fuels to tackle inflation
If price stability really is the mandate of Central Banks, then why don’t they crack down on the main driver of price inflation – fossil fuels? Ewan McGaughey is a Reader in Law, specialising in […]
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – “We managed to reverse the balance of power”: Interview with Leïla Chaibi MEP
Piero Valmassoi, EU policy expert and activist at the Maison des Livreurs (House of Couriers) in Brussels, speaks to Leïla Chaibi MEP after the vote of the European Parliament on the Platform Work Directive [2 […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Defeat for the platform lobby: European Parliament backs stronger Platform Work Directive
European Parliament now must negotiate its mandate with the Council of the EU, which has yet to agree its position THE European Parliament has voted in favour of a text which would see the presumption […]
Finance
Guy Standing: Can Labour de-commodify Higher Education? It has a minor problem
Tony Blair’s son, Euan, is spearheading a new phase in the commodification of Higher Education in the UK. Guy Standing is a labour economist and professorial research associate at SOAS. Cross-posted from the Progressive Economy […]
Climate Crisis
João Camargo: The battle of Lützerath marks the beginning of a new stage for the global climate movement
The climate justice movement may have taken a step forward at Lützerath by taking a confrontational approach to capital and the state. Joao Camargo is a climate activist in grassroots movement Climaximo in Portugal and […]
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Karl Hansen: ‘Independent’ pay review bodies are a scam
‘Independent’ pay review bodies exist to disguise government responsibility for slashing wages. Read the article HERE.
Inequality
Adam Leaver, Jonathan Silver, Richard Goulding: The rise of corporate landlords
‘Build-to-rent’ is taking over urban centres as super-rich investors realise there is big bucks in landlordism. Adam Leaver, Jonathan Silver and Richard Goulding are academics at the University of Sheffield. Cross-posted from the Conversation UK […]