Austerity
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
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Austerity
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. […]
Food Production
Adina Florea et al – On Edge: Europe’s Farmers at a Mental Health Breaking Point
Farmers in Greece, Spain, Romania, Czechia, and Poland explain why they are on the brink, financially and mentally. Adina Florea is a freelance journalist specialising in labour migration, minority rights, and environmental issues in Eastern Europe. Apolena Rychlíková Apolena Rychlíková is […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell – Germany continues to kill the Eurozone
Interesting analysis of Germany’s macroeconomic strategy. Published in Bill Mitchell’s blog. Read the article HERE.
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
John Rees – UK riots: The fascist threat is resurgent. Here’s how to stop it.
A fascist movement is not fully-formed in Britain yet, but the constituent parts exist and are in proximity with one another. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a […]
Deregulation
Richard Matoušek – In Lisbon, Residents Seek a Vote on Banning Airbnb
‘In Lisbon, soaring tourism has turned tens of thousands of apartments into Airbnbs, pushing out ordinary renters. A referendum on banning short-term rentals in residential buildings could change that.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Michael Hudson – Barbarism or Civilization
The post-World War II order has been a new kind of imperialism. It basically is a financial imperialism, not the European-style colonial imperialism enforced by a military occupation. Michael Hudson is President of The Institute […]
Globalisation
Inés Valdez – Undoing Empire’s Hold on Democracy: An Anti-Imperialist Path out of the Crisis
An interesting theory of the rise of right-wing populism which roots it in the breakdown of ‘the imperial deal’, whereby white workers and western capitalists sought mutual benefit from subjugation of workers in the global […]
Austerity
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 […]
Economics
Walden Bello – Crisis in the West, Opportunity for the Rest?
The world’s current trajectory may be intimidating, but it may lead us to better times Walden Bello, a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus Cross-posted from Counterpunch Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Whether we call it […]