Austerity
Helena Smith: Has Greece finally escaped the grip of catastrophe?
This article rounds out the picture of the current situation in Greece described in our two articles of today (here and here) Read here
National Politics
Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: The micro incompetence of UK austerity
It is good to read a piece by an economist, which puts politics back into austerity. Read here
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Haris Malamidis and Kostis Roussos – Greece: Fighting Austerity, Building Alternatives
It is always ood to leave the economic anaylses of Greece and austerity (see today´s article by Sergio Cesaratto) and to see what the situation on the ground looks like. Haris Malamidis and Kostis Roussos […]
EU politics
HUNGARY today: Is Hungary the New Tax Haven for International Companies?
The return of the nanny state. Read here
Economics
Steve Parfitt – Two tiny but mighty new trade unions offer UK a better way to ‘take back control’
Eyes On Rights / flickr, CC BY-NC-SA Steven Parfitt, Loughborough University Many people in the UK interpret “take back control” as “close the borders”. But there are other ways for people to restore their communities […]
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Sergi Cutillas – Is it possible to call the political regime of the euro democracy?
The decline in the ECB’s purchases of Italian government bonds has generated unprecedented scrutiny in Europe of the nature of such interventions. Sergi Cutillas is an economist and worked in the financial sector before taking […]
EU politics
Catalonia: 20 S
A documentary about the brutal repression of the Catalan referendum and the judicial repression that followed.
Austerity
Chris Bambery – Brexit: “You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave!”
Chris Bambery takes a very big step back and analyses what Brexit is really about and what opportunites it offers. Chris Bambery is author and broadcaster. Co-author (with George Kerevan) of Catalonia Reborn: How Catalonia […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Elements in a strategy for the Left
Another long but excellent article by bill Mitchell concerning where the Left in Europe has to go and how it has to change its thinking. Read here
Austerity
Zoe Konstantopoulou: If you love Greece, help us get rid of Alexis Tsipras and his zombie party
This was a long time coming, but finally this discourse has transceded the Greek borders. Read here