Workers at Amazon warehouses and distrbution centres have staged protests – over low pay, poor working conditions and climate concerns – across Europe and the USA to coincide with the online retailer’s annual discounted shopping day, Black Friday. Protests have continued to cover Cyber Monday, another crucial sales period for Amazon.
Finance
Chris Dillow: Class, sympathy & solidarity
The conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell has promoted some sympathetic headlines. Both ABC and CBS write of her “fall from grace” and the BBC of her “downfall”. All of which reflects Rachel Johnson’s attitude, that “it’s […]
Economics
Grace Blakeley -Why 70 per cent tax rates would require capital controls
To avoid economic blackmail by the markets, any socialist government would need to impose limits on the movement of money by investors. Read here
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Degrowth, deep adaptation, and skills shortages – Part 4
One of the ‘problems’ besetting the world at present, if the commentary in the mainstream press is anything to go by, is the existence of chronic skill shortages Read Here Photo: KUKA Roboter GmbH, Bachmann […]
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