Austerity
George Monbiot – How to really take back control
A wide ranging lecture by George Monbiot that ticks almost all boxes.
National Politics
EU politics
Common Space: Independence campaigners speak out from Catalonia about Spanish political repression
Leading independence campaigners say ‘Catalonia needs Scotland’ as they defend democracy Read here
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: Latest Europhile advocacy beggars belief – surrender sovereignty to regain it
The EU elite seems to have only one goal in sight: permanently anchor neo-liberalism in the EU by destroying democracy, which could stymie these plans. Read here
EU politics
Reuters: Swiss bank whistleblower arrested in Spain
Suddenly Europe is seeing a radical increase in political prisoners. Falciani is supposed to be extradited to Switzerland in exchange for the Catalan Marta Rovira. It will be interesting to see what Germany receives for […]
EU politics
Chris Dillow: Inequality and poverty
Here is another case of “Lies, damned lies, and statistics”. A constant Gini coefficient (a statistical representation of the income or wealth distribution of a nation’s populace) does not necessarily mean poverty is not increasing, nor […]
EU politics
UCU Strikes: A response from Chris Beedham
Chris Beedham explains what the current University Strike in the United Kingdom has come about, what the university employees are demanding, and why. Chris Beedham is a Lecturer at the Department of German, School of […]
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Shlomo Ben-Ami: The Threat to Western Democracy Starts at Home
Ben-Ami picks up a number of threads an weaves them together skilfully. These are the usual distractions by political elites enforcing neo-liberalism as they notice that they are losing power. We are seeing the same […]
EU politics
The Guardian: Catalan academic facing extradition from Scotland draws record crowdfunding appeal
An example that the Scots, unlike the SNP, are doing their upmost to uphold democracy in the EU. Read here
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Anne Karrass – “Troika for everyone”? EU Commission again proposes financial rewards for cutting social welfare
EU funds as a reward for raising the retirement age, making labour markets more flexible, or lowering minimum wages? This is exactly what the EU Commission is pushing for, largely unnoticed by the European public. […]
EU politics
Chris Bambery – Catalonia/Scotland: Pandora’s box not to be closed soon
Scotland’s independence referendum started a democratic movement, led by its own values and not the dictate of a political party…and it is still going. Chris Bambery is co-author of Catalonia Reborn (Luath Press, May 2018). […]