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Red Pepper: Why Europe needs Corbyn
This is another article in our continuing debate concerning whether the neo-liberal EU can be reformed to become a democratic, progressive, and social political organisation. Read here
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Emily Luise Hart – The UK University Strikes and the marketisation of Higher Education: The state of play and why we must fight on with hope
The UK University Strike was ended – more likely deferred – following a vote by union members at the end of last week. This decision was difficult and the offer had been rejected by a […]
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Larry Elliot: People want homes, jobs, a future: no wonder they distrust capitalism now
“State control over the people replaced state control over the economy as the focus of policy”. This is what we mean when we refer to the EU government and the governments of the member states […]
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Common Space: Striking lecturers: We’re winning and want ‘not just to end pension cuts but reverse marketisation of education’
The results of the member-wide ballot on the new offer by university administrations is expected around 12 April, which will determine whether 14 days of strike action planned to commence later in April will proceed. […]
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The Guardian – The Open University: issues, not just personalities
The message concerning the UK University Strike seems to be slowly but surely sinking in. For this we have only the very hard work that the strikers have invested in making the facts and their […]
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Jacobin: Emmanuel Macron Is Not Your Friend
“We can think of Macron as an updated, French version of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, with a dollop of the newer generation of triangulators.” An interesting analysis of Macron: past, present, and future. Read […]
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George Monbiot – How to really take back control
A wide ranging lecture by George Monbiot that ticks almost all boxes.
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Simon Wren-Lewis: The Media and Attitudes to Austerity
Why was austerity popular? “Many people would argue that the macroeconomic case for fiscal stimulus was complex, while simple analogies between governments and households were easier to grasp. However I have also argued that the […]
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Shlomo Ben-Ami: The Threat to Western Democracy Starts at Home
Ben-Ami picks up a number of threads an weaves them together skilfully. These are the usual distractions by political elites enforcing neo-liberalism as they notice that they are losing power. We are seeing the same […]
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Anne Karrass – “Troika for everyone”? EU Commission again proposes financial rewards for cutting social welfare
EU funds as a reward for raising the retirement age, making labour markets more flexible, or lowering minimum wages? This is exactly what the EU Commission is pushing for, largely unnoticed by the European public. […]