Austerity
Voice of America: Thousands March in Paris to Protest Pension Reform Plan
Apparently for the first time the unions asked the Yellow Vests to join them in demonstrating. Read here
EU politics
Economics
Lars P. Syll – Sweden Would Have Been Poorer with the Euro New Study Shows
Like the Brits later, the Swedes had the courage to oppose the neo-liberal dictate of the EU. Lars P. Syll is an economist at the Faculty of Education and Society at Malmö, Sweden, not to […]
Austerity
In Defence of Marxism – France: no “Christmas truce” as longest strike in decades continues
President Macron’s dreams of a peaceful Christmas were dashed as striking workers rejected his plea for a holiday truce, during what has become the longest continuous strike in 30 years – longer than the victorious […]
EU politics
Aleks Szczerbiak – What are the prospects for Poland’s radical right Confederation?
Catching up on Polish politics. The Law and Justice party has been portrayed in mainstream media in the EU as “far-right”. This article explains that the far-right in Poland is occupied by someone else. Aleks […]
Austerity
Maurice Glasman – Britain: How Boris Johnson Broke the Brexit Interregnum
Boris Johnson resolved the Brexit impasse through transforming the class basis of the Conservative Party, renewing his party for a generation, ripping into the Labour heartlands by aligning Brexit with national renewal, and exposing the […]
Corruption
Reuters: Malta suffers second nationwide power cut in a month
Meanwhile back in one of the EU’s mafia states…. Read here
Austerity
dw – France: Christmas transport disrupted by prolonged strike
French strikers are still going strong Read here
Corruption
Branko Milanović – Kleptocracy and kakistocracy in 1990s Russia
This may be predatory capitalism in Wild East fashion, but the same structures and methods are to be found in capitalism in the Western nations. It is called private equity. Branko Milanović is an economist […]
Austerity
Forbes: Christmas Rail Strike Chaos As French Pension Reform Protests Continue
The strike in France continues through Christmas as we enter week four. Read here
EU politics
Toni Strubell – Carme and Dolors. Political prisoners.
Every Christmas all our thoughts are with the political prisoners throughout the world. Toni Strubell is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and author of What Catalans Want Carme and Dolors are the […]