Economics
Germany’s (not so) V-Recovery – November 2020: employment slightly down on the previous month
Despite furlough scheme, hundreds of billions in subventions (mostly for zombie corporations), and other tricks – then this Read here
EU politics
Economics
Danny Nicol – Maximising Sovereignty under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Outlines of a Strategy
The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement still tries to tie the British government’s hands. A strategy is needed to maximise sovereignty and defy international law wherever democracy requires it. Danny Nicol is Professor of Public […]
Austerity
Antoni Soy – The Future of the Left and the European Union
It is time for the Left to grow up and realise that the EU is neo-liberal and anti-democratic. Antoni Soy is Honorary Professor in Economic Policy at the University of Barcelona This article originally appeared […]
EU politics
Federico Alagna – The EU and the Myth of Migrant Smuggling
Much of the EU’s approach to undocumented migration has focused on the role of smugglers. Federico Alagna argues that the narrative around migrant smuggling often obscures the real purpose of existing policies, as well as […]
Austerity
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – Un any de “Govern més progressista de la història”
You can read the article in English here Pedro Sánchez s’ha vantat, en els darrers temps, de dirigir “el govern més progressista de la història d’Espanya”. Encara que només sigui amb l’excusa que aquest govern […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Britain is now free of the legal neoliberalism that has killed prosperity in Europe
Following Brexit people in Britain still have food, water, and electricity. The Pound has not collapsed. The COVID vaccine programme is up and running (despite the usual Tory corruption and incompetence). It is time to […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – Assange Wins. The Cost: Press Freedom is Crushed, and Dissent Labelled Mental Illness
Judge’s denial of extradition of Julian Assange is a very welcome moment. Sadly, his reprieve comes not because of the many, many principled arguments against the US extradition case – all of which were rejected […]
Economics
Roger Steer – The Americanisation of European Healthcare
Just before COVID hit, the influential German neo-liberal lobby organisation Bertelsmann Foundation (yes, the international publishing corporation) launched a campaign to radically reduce the number of hospitals in Germany and “Americanise” them and maximise profits. […]
Deregulation
The Full Brexit – The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Minimum Brexit
We have not posted any other analyses of the Agreement because they are relatively all the same and available throughout mainstream media. This is one of the only exceptions. The Full Brexit steering group comprises […]
EU politics
Perry Anderson: Ever Closer Union?
The roots of the European Court of Justice is not in democracy, but in fascism (mainly German Nazism). “The court became not just a unique institution within the Community, but unique within supreme or constitutional […]