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Le Monde – German Recession: Bridge partially collapses in Germany’s Dresden
This is a further result of German obsession with austerity and the recession it is causing. Read HERE
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Richard Murphy – Neoliberalism was the underlying cause of the Grenfell disaster
The only supporters of neo-liberalism are those porfitting from it. Others, as in this case and many others, die due to it. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. […]
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Richard Murphy – Labour is a moral void
If Keir Starmer’s Labour government doesn’t exist to take children out of poverty, what does it exist for? Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered accountant. Co-founder of […]
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C.J. Polychroniou – French Elections: What the Global Left Should Learn About Defeating the Far-Right
A united left is a formidable opponent that cannot only halt the surge of neo-fascism, but can also offer a positive and inspiring vision for the future C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who […]
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Peter Oborne – UK election 2024: Starmer won a majority but only secured a fraction of the popular vote
Labour has secured one of the largest parliamentary majorities in British political history, but with a pitifully low share of the vote Peter Oborne won best commentary/blogging in both 2022 and 2017, and was also […]
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Peter Ramsay, Philip Cunliffe – Rule of the Void
The UK’s general election result might seem like a restoration of the old pre-2016 political order. A bland technocrat has won a sweeping majority. However Labour’s massive victory is hollow and leaves the state in […]
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David Goessmann – Germany in Decline: How Political Illusions Have Fostered the Extreme Right in Europe’s Powerhouse
A broad look at the current state of German politics David Goeßmann is a journalist based in Berlin/Germany Cross-posted from Counterpunch Youtube screengrab The elections for the European Parliament saw a shift to the far […]
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Michael Roberts – France: Macron’s gamble
French capital faces political paralysis at best or a damaging hit at worst. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog France votes over two rounds […]
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Yonatan Berman, Tora Hovland – The cost of austerity: How UK public spending cuts led to 190,000 excess deaths
When will politicians learn that austerity kills? Yonatan Berman is a Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute […]
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Ann Pettifor: Passing the Buck & Losing… by imposing the cost of the Green Deal on Europe’s insecure 99%
In this short interview segment I talk about two issues I’m really passionate about. Read HERE