Inequality
Guthrie Scrimgeour – You Aren’t Allowed in These Billionaire Towns
‘Welcome to the fully privatised city, where the ultrarich can do as they please — no whining from the rabble permitted.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
The Commons
Finance
Caitlin Hoyland – The Enclosure of the Commons and the War Economy: A Feminist and Anti-Colonial Critique
Does the concept of the commons hold out hope for a world without war? Caitlin Hoyland is a writer and human rights advocate interning with CODEPINK’s Local Peace Economy program. She has written extensively on conflict, […]
Environment
Emma Belmonte – On Sale for One Euro: Will Albania’s Forests Go Private?
We are still living in a time where, whatever the question, the answer of politicians is: privatisation. Emma Belmonte is a freelance journalist with a double specialisation covering Europe and Asia. After gaining expertise in […]
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Claudio Milano, Antonio Paulo Russo, Marina Novelli – The social movement against ‘touristification’ in Barcelona
Social movements against the tourist industry’s takeover of cities in Europe are on the rise. Claudio Milano is a Ramon y Cajal Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of […]
Corruption
Robin McAlpine – Change the story, change the future
The authoritarian neo-liberal political class together with state and corporate media bombard us daily with the same old lie: CAPITALISM IS GOOD FOR US. It is good for the wealthiest 10%, but it is destructive […]
Economics
Chris Dillow – Repairing the public sphere
The Commons has been one of the main victims of Neo-liberalism Chris Dillow is an economics writer at Investors Chronicle. He blogs at Stumbling and Mumbling, and is the author of New Labour and the […]
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Both the Tories and Labour are pro-market extremists now
With the devolopment of neo-liberalism, ideas like democracy, justice, equality, and community have been shattered. Liberal democracy became authoritarian liberal democracy, which is mostly authoritarian. In some nations, such as Germany, the drift is going […]
Environment
Riccardo Petrella – Another step by the powerful towards the financialisation of life and the break-up of the state of public commons and universal rights
BlackRock has announced the purchase of Global Infrastructures Partners, seizing yet more control of the planet’s natural resources. Riccardo Petrella is an Italian political scientist and economist. He is currently honorary professor at the Catholic […]
The Commons
Jelena Vidojević – “Another world is possible”: or how we can learn to stop worrying and love the crisis
In horrific times like these one should not forget to have utopias ready as part of one’s intellectual tool box Jelena Vidojević is a political scientist and the co-founder of the New South Institute “A […]
Inequality
Stewart Lansley: Poverty in Britain is firmly linked to the country’s mountain of private wealth – Labour must address this growing inequality
Labour appear to have given up on tackling poverty and inequality before they have even got into power. Stewart Lansley is Visiting Fellow at the School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Cross-posted from The […]