Austerity
Amnesty International – Spain: Cruel austerity measures leave patients suffering
While corporate media is talking up the EU’s “robust recovery”, especially in Spain, on the ground things are apparently very different. Read here
EU politics
Austerity
Steve Schifferes – How the media made austerity worse
John Gomez/Shutterstock.com Steve Schifferes, City, University of London The UK financial press was much slower to criticise the austerity policies of the government than in other parts of Europe. This meant that it became accepted […]
EU politics
Reuters: ECB mulls shelving rules tackling euro zone’s bad loans pile
With regard to austerity for the people, the EU wields an iron fist. When it comes to banks it will bend over backward to be obliging and generous. Read here
EU politics
Eduard Márquez: I am a Catalan writer and I want independence for my country
It is very convenient to forget the struggle in Catalonia. It is good to see that it is still given a voice, although thanks to a book festival. Literature has often carried the torch for […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Forget European reform – the Germans have anyway
Regularly the corporate press and its pundits declare that the EU is about to change for the better. The latest was that Macron was going to bring reform. What happened? Then it was the German […]
Austerity
Chantal Mouffe: “Corbyn represents the implementation of a left populist strategy”
In this article, Chantal Mouffe, philosopher, professor at the University of Westminster and theoretician of left-wing populism, proffers an analysis of the strategy of Jeremy Corbyn, a strategy which seeks to transform the internal dynamics […]
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: Export World Champion under Pressure
Berlin seems ready to envisage a revival of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This strategic decision is accompanied by a clear frontline position against China, as was resolutely demanded by the Trump administration. […]
EU politics
The National: World academics call for Catalonia prisoners’ release
It is good to see how much solidarity the Catalans are receiving. Read here
Austerity
Welfare Weekly : More than a third of low-income working parents forced to skip meals
“Let them eat twitter”. This is the Europe and Brtain created by the EU elite and Tories. This has nothing to do with Brexit or Remain, this is neo-liberalism. Read here
Deregulation
Heather Connolly – Macron’s railway reforms: the ultimate test for French trade unionism
Again another major strike being ignored in the corporate media. Like the UK University Strike, this too will have major repercussions in France. Heather Connolly is Associate Professor of Employment Relations, School of Business, University […]