Energy
Harrison Stetler: Emmanuel Macron’s Government Is Ordering Striking Oil Workers Back to Work
France’s oil refineries’ strikes is developing into a major national crisis. Read the article HERE
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Michael Roberts – China: Xi’s third term – part one: growth, investment and consumption
China is unlikely to follow the advice of western economists, and with good reason Cross-posted from Michael Roberts blog China’s Congress of the Communist Party takes place this week. This is an important event not […]
EU politics
Cihan Tuğal: Ottoman revival?
Turkey is guided by the confused worldview of President Erdoğan Read the article HERE
Climate Crisis
Craig Dalzell: Burning Money
An example from a Scottish village that could be anywhere in Europe – buildings are still being constructed as if climate change is not a thing Cross-posted from Common Weal Britain is heading into one […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook: Westerners live in denial, convinced they’re the good guys
A simple comparison between western attitudes to Israeli terror and Palestinian resistance versus Russian terror and Ukrainian resistance reveals massive hypocrisy in the West Cross-posted from Jonathan Cook’s blog No one took responsibility for the […]
Finance
Fran Boait, Jeevun Sandher, Katie Kedward: Civil society response to the proposed Energy Markets Financing Scheme (EMFS)
In this letter, Fran Boait, Executive Director at Positive Money, Jeevun Sandher, Head of Economics at the New Economics Foundation, and Katie Kedward, Policy Fellow in Sustainable Finance at the UCL Institute for Innovation and […]
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Marco D’Eramo: Scientific capitalism
Money was previously a side-affect of scientific inquiry, whereas in the neoliberal era it is its main purpose. Read the article HERE.
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Wolt couriers wildcat strike in Denmark
Wolt denies claim that it offered a bike cargo full of soda instead of a wage rise when striking riders came to their office in Copenhagen The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was […]
Climate Crisis
Max Lawson: Planet Earth can’t afford the rich
Research shows a drastic reduction in inequality is necessary to ensure a decent live for all and save the planet Read the article HERE
EU politics
Eoghan Gilmartin: Spain’s Government Is Turning a Blind Eye to Killings at Its Border
The killing of 37 migrants and refugees at the Moroccan-Spanish border is not even being investigated by the Spanish Government, nor the EU Read the article HERE