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The Guardian: Families thousands of pounds worse off after years of cuts, study finds
Still another report confirming that austerity targets those most vulnerable in society. Better yet, children cannot vote. Read here
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The Guardian: Child poverty in Britain set to soar to new record, says thinktank
Following Gremany’s increase in child poverty, the United Kingdom seems set to follow. Austerity effects those most vulnerable and without a weak voice. Children cannot even vote. This is no coincidence, this is neo-liberalism. Read […]
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Aditya Chakrabortty: A Labour council attacking its own people? This is regeneration gone bad
This is a continuation in our series of articles concerning what neo-liberalism looks like from the ground. This time it concerns a “social housing” project in London. Read here
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George Monbiot: Look to Sheffield: this is how state and corporate power subverts democracy
The destructiveness and reach of neo-liberalism is made clear in this piece by George Monbiot. It is a question of felling some trees in the city of Sheffield in the UK, but one can see […]
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The Corruption of Capitalism – Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay by Guy Standing
Book review by Mathew D. Rose In 2011 Guy Standing wrote a book titled “The Precariat – The New Dangerous Class”, which showed great prescience. By the second paragraph he had already predicted what would […]
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Olivier Tonneau – Macron, Mélenchon and Catalonia: paradoxical realignments
The Catalan referendum is throwing up a number of crucial questions concerning democracy in the European Union. Olivier Tonneau analyses this in the context of France. Olivier Tonneau is Lecturer in modern languages, Homerton College, […]
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Richard Murphy – It’s time for the left to promote its own pro-business agenda
According to Richard Murphy it is time to move on and leave bankrupt neo-liberalism behind. This however means defining progressive goals and the logic behind them. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political […]
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Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins – The Econocracy: On the perils of leaving economics to the experts
Book review by Mathew D. Rose I remember as a student at the history department of the University of California at Berkeley in the 1970s the first time a member of the teaching staff appeared […]
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Editorial – Why BRAVE NEW EUROPE?
Why BRAVE NEW EUROPE? Expertise with a radical face When the European integration project was being constructed during the Cold War it was easy enough to present it as a bulwark of peace, cooperation and […]
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Vickie Cooper and David Whyte: The Violence of Austerity
The authors examine the secret agenda behind austerity in Britain and the horrendous consequences it is having for much of the populace, especially for the vulnerable. Vickie Cooper is Lecturer in Social Policy and Criminology […]