Austerity
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
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Austerity
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 […]
EU politics
Times Higher Education: The UK University Strike and the winter of academics’ discontent
This is a good analysis introducing a lot of material that we have not had in our previous articles and confirms that the strike is about much more than staff pensions. Read here
EU politics
Tom Mills – The wind of change is blowing through Britain and the BBC
There is currently so much political upheaval in Britain that one might not be able to see the forest for the trees. The panic of the establishment is palpable. It is not only the right […]
Austerity
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 […]
Corruption
Dani Rodrik: What’s Been Stopping the Left?
Rodrik does not go far enough in his analysis. The problem is that the traditional Left, especially in Europe, has become completely corrupted. It has been occupied by opportunists who have one goal: getting rich. […]
Media
Owen Jones: If the BBC is politically neutral, how does it explain Andrew Neil?
One knows that there is a political re-awakening when institutions are being called into question and challenged. In the last weeks Britain’s left has been increasingly criticising the lack of political neutrality in the BBC, […]
Austerity
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. […]
Austerity
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 […]
EU politics
The Washington Post: In Eastern Europe, the E.U. faces a rebellion more threatening than Brexit
Liberal values? European values? Viktor Orban represents the only values that count in the EU: Neo-liberalism. What the authors meticulously avoid is that Orban’s policies are exactly what the EU wants of him. Orban is […]