EU politics
Luke Stobart: The state vs people power in Catalonia
The grassroots Committees for the Defence of the Republic stand for a participatory society. Luke Stobart reports from Catalonia’s continuing independence struggle Read here
National Politics
Austerity
Counterfire: UCU pensions dispute: the battle is over, but the fight continues
An update concerning the UK University Strike Read here
EU politics
Aamer Anwar: “Spanish law is no longer respected in Europe”
Unfortunatley we cannot find the interview without a simulatneous translation in Spanish. Nonetheless it provides the main arguments by the lawyer for Clara Ponsatí in Scotland. There is a translation in Catalan in the article. […]
Economics
Bernie Sanders: “Open borders? That’s a Koch brothers proposal”
This is a similar to what Colin Hines has been saying (here and here) for which he has been viciously attacked in the UK. This is a couple of years old. For the rest of […]
EU politics
The Guardian: Wealthiest households in Westminster failing to pay extra £833 in tax
This has to be one of the most idiotic articles published in a long while – and that in the Guardian. Neo-liberalism is about winner take all. That is why the tax system is so […]
National Politics
Wahington Post: Catalonia’s radical separatists clear way for new leader
Catalonia inexorably makes its way. Read here
EU politics
Mateusz Morawiecki: The Polish case for less economic liberalism
It is refreshing to hear the Polish government’s version of its economic policies for a change, free of corporate media hysteria Read here
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory – How AirBnB is using the EU to defeat cities’ affordable housing laws
It’s an all too familiar story: international corporations using the EU Commission to force their interests on democratically elected municipal and state governments, against the interests of EU citizens. By Kenneth Haar, Researcher and campaigner […]
EU politics
Elizabeth Benjamin – Emmanuel Macron and echoes of May 1968
Elizabeth Benjamin, Coventry University As France marks the 50th anniversary of the revolts of May 1968, Emmanuel Macron might get more than he bargained for. Instead of celebrating the occasion, the French president appears to […]
EU politics
The Wire: Spain Blocks Catalan Ex-Leader Puigdemont From Being Voted In
In the meantime a successor has been found and should be voted in, if the Spanish Government does not intervene. Read here