Economics
MMT Podcast – Stuart Medina: Trade, The Euro and The Pain In Spain (Part 1)
Part 1: Patricia talks to Stuart Medina of Spain’s Red MMT group about the Eurozone crisis viewed through the MMT lens. Listen here
Inequality
EU politics
France 24: France’s Yellow Vests mark anniversary with nationwide protests
French police detained dozens in Paris on Saturday as fierce clashes broke out in demonstrations marking the first anniversary of the yellow vest protest movement challenging President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. Read here
Economics
Jeremy Smith – Rethinking Britain: the Fundamental Choice the Nation Faces in the Upcoming General Election
Probably nowhere in Europe is there so much energy and thought being invested in the search for a way out of the dead end that neo-liberalism has led us into. “Rethinking Britain – Policy Ideas […]
EU politics
Owen Espley – Why McDonald’s workers are on strike today
Working people shouldn’t have to rely on benefits to get by. This is simply a subvention from the UK government. The Nanny State coddling international corporations. Read here
EU politics
IWGB: Biggest strike of outsourced workers in UK higher education history voted through at UCL
Who would ever thought that universities would be at the middle of labour conflicts in the UK Read here
EU politics
Left Foot Forward: UK McDonald’s workers are going back on strike
The union representing numerous McDonald’s workers has notified multiple stores to expect strikes over better pay and treatment, as part of an international day of action for fast food worker’s rights, on 12 November 2019. […]
Austerity
Kristen R. Ghodsee, Mitchell A. Orenstein: Revolutions for Whom?
As liberal elites both East and West commemorate the peaceful end of the Cold War and celebrate the successes of the last three decades, it is important to recognize how painful the post-communist transition was […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Capitalism, Democracy and Europe
This is an interview by the Great Transition Initiative As always with Yanis Varoufakis there are some very interesting thoughts. Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and […]
EU politics
Dimitrina Petrova – The 1989 Revolutions and the Roots of Illiberal Populism
The deep unfairness of the transition from communism in Central and Eastern Europe fed the illiberal populist rebellion across the region today. Read here
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – Angela Merkel: From “Mummy” to “The Mummy”
Germany is being run by zombie parties, led by a chancellor who is oblivious to the political reality of her nation, Europe, and the world. Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised […]