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ROAR: Theodoros Karyotis – Repression, eviction and dispossession in New Democracy’s Greece
This is a long article, and it wanders a good bit, but there are a lot of interesting insights concerning Greece today. Read here
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Robin McAlpine: The Independence Movement’s Biggest Battle is Against Denial
Ashes on our heads. Due to all the major events in Europe of the past months we have ignored the Scottish Independence Movement. It is already knocking at the door. Do not underestimate it. The […]
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France 24: ‘We won’t give up’: French protesters defiant on day 36 of pension strikes
It is a truly impressive effort by French workers to defy neo-liberal austerity. Read here
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Juan Laborda, Andrés Villena – Spain: Coalition Government Burying the ‘Mitterrand Syndrome’
Beyond the positive results it could possibly achieve, Spain’s new government has the chance to show that politics still has a purpose in European democracies Juan Laborda is professor of Financial Economics and Derivatives at […]
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BarakalypseNow – This Is Neoliberalism: Hayek and the Mont Pelerin Society I: 1918 – 1939 (Part 3)
We are continuing with Part 3 of this brilliant series. See Part 1 here and Part 2 here
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rfi: Self-employed workers in France join strike over pension reform
Representatives of more than 16 professions including doctors and lawyers have joined strike action to defend their self-funded pension schemes which they say the government’s pension reforms ignore. Read here
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Prem Sikka – Britain: This is the state of our economy after a decade of Tory rule
Successive right-wing governments have badly hurt our economy. What’s next? Read here
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David Harvey: What is Neoliberalism?
David Harvey on what neoliberalism is, where it came from – and why the concept is still relevant today. Read here
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OBN – ‘EU transfers cash for the poor to the arms trade’
The Ooooh EUs in Britain and the EU will surely be shocked and horrified that this greatest institutuion of every thing that is good could even consider such neo-liberal measures (as usual). Read here Food […]
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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